I ran into a mother of an ex-student recently. I had taught her daughter 30+ years ago at DM Eagle. She proceeded to tell me how much her daughter had loved grade 5. "But do you know what has stuck with her for all these years?". I didn't know. "What you did when Jaime M's father died."
Jamie had been a student in my class when his father died suddenly. Jamie was absent for many days.
"When Jamie returned to your class," she continued, "the class was wild - paper airplanes flying, students out of their seats, lots of noise... but you were at the back of the room with Jamie - oblivious to it all. You were where you needed to be. This made a lasting impression on my daughter." I thanked her for sharing the story and asked her to say hi for me.
But you know what? I don't remember that incident at all. It just goes to show, that in all you do, in all your interactions, you never know what others will take away simply by watching you do what needs to be done.
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