K12> Re: Teacher Appreciation

From: Gleason Sackmann <gleason@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: NetHappenings <nethappenings@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 01 May 2003 08:20:54 -0500
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Date:         Thu, 1 May 2003 09:05:27 EDT
From:         Jerry Taylor <JerryTaylr@xxxxxxx>
Subject:      Re: Teacher Appreciation
To:           K12ADMIN@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Here's one more...

Jerry Taylor
Technology Integration Teacher
Greece, NY School District
Web page: http://www.greece.k12.ny.us/taylor
TASK page: http://www.greece.k12.ny.us/task/
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Teachers... they are as varied as crayons in a Crayola box. Some are bright,
some neutral, some new, some seasoned--but for all their differences, they
share the same goal--their life's work is dedicated to imparting knowledge as
they challenge their students to learn and grow. It is hard to believe that
teachers really do have lives of their own, for they arrive at school when
morning has not yet fully come awake, and they stay while the darkness of
night descends on the playgrounds outside their windows.

There was a time when they only had to worry about failing grades and poor
conduct. Like worn-out history books, those days are gone. Today's teachers
are expected to be surrogate parents, psychologists, part-time policemen ,
nurses, comforters, and miracle workers. The importance of the basic 3 R's
have been replaced by the reality of the new 3 D's: Drugs, Divorce, and
Despair. And yet, through it all, and perhaps because of it all, teachers
keep right on teaching, trying harder than ever before to "gift" their
students with solid educations, self-worth, opportunities to excel and to
believe in themselves by discovering their talents and ambitions, whether in
the classroom, on the playing field, in music and art classes, or soaring to
new heights when their imaginations and dreams are encouraged.

On any given schoolday, teachers open up, for a lifetime, the magnificent
gift of reading, the ongoing pleasures of math, the adventures of geography
and science, the legacy and lessons of history, the enthrallment of music
art, literature and languages, the demands and accomplishments of physical
education and athletic competition. Teachers are loved and scorned, respected
and derided, remembered and forgotten. They are laughed with, laughed at, and
laughed about. They raise their own families and are devoted to someone
else's children. They pay for the stickers that delight a little child's
heart, slip warm mittens into the pocket of the student that has none,
provide a classroom of security and safety when home is a battleground, tutor
after school, guide the pregnant teen, cheer at games, counsel anxious
hearts, and fall asleep wondering why they feel so tired.

Teachers are the reason why airplanes fly, computers program, ballets are
danced, novels are written, cancers researched, lawsuits won, skyscrapers
built, and "art" decorates refrigerator doors. Life's biggest, boldest,
brightest ideas--life's honors, achievements and accomplishments occur
because somewhere, sometime, someone touched our lives--and it all began with
a teacher.

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