[jaws-uk] Fw: Mrs. Thompson
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- Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2006 21:14:42 -0000
an example of the greater symbols, how can I remove then? hankies out.
Dorothy.
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Subject: Fw: Mrs. Thompson
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>> > Subject: FW: Mrs. T hompson
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>> > This is heartwarming.
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>> > A Wonderful Story
>> > As she stood in front of her 5th grade class on
the
>> >very first day of school, she told the children an untruth. Like most
>> >teachers, she looked at her students and said that she loved them all
>> >the
>> >same. However, that was impossible, because there in the front row,
> slumped
>> >in his seat, was a little boy named Teddy Stoddard.
>> >
>> > Mrs. Thompson had watched Teddy the year before
and
>> >noticed that he did not play well with the other children, that his
> clothes
>> >were messy and that he constantly needed a bath. In addition, Teddy
>> >could
>> >be unpleasant. It got to the point where Mrs. Thompson would ac tually
> take
>> >delight in marking his papers with a broad red pen, making bold X's and
>> >then putting a big "F" at the top of his papers.
>> >
>> > At the school where Mrs. Thompson taught, she was
>> >required to review each child's past records and she put Teddy's off
> until
>> >last. However, when she reviewed his file, she was in for a surprise.
>> >
>> > Teddy's first grade teacher wrote, "Teddy is a
> bright
>> >child with a ready laugh. He does his work neatly and has good
>> >manners...
>> >he is a joy to be around.."
>> >
>> > His second grade teacher wrote, "Teddy is an
> excellent
>> >student, well liked by his classmates, but he is troubled because his
>> >mother has a terminal illness and life at home must be a struggle."
>> >
>> > His third grade teacher wrote, "His mother's death
> has
>> >been hard on him. He tries to do his best, but his father doesn't show
> much
>> >interest, and his home life will soon affect him if some steps aren't
>> >taken."
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>> > Teddy's fourth grade teacher wrote, "Teddy is
>> >withdrawn and doesn't show much interest in school. He doesn't have
many
>> >friends and he sometimes sleeps in class."
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>> > By now, Mrs. Thompson realized the problem and she
> was
>> >ashamed of herself. She felt even worse when her students brought her
>> >Christmas presents, wrapped in beautiful ribbons and bright paper,
>> >except
>> >for Teddy's. His present was clumsily wrapped in the heavy, brown paper
>> >that he got from a grocery bag. Mrs. Thompson took pains to open it in
> the
>> >middle of the other presents. Some of the children started to laugh
when
>> >she found a rhinestone bracelet with some of the stones missing, and a
>> >bottle that was one-quarter full of perfume. But she stifled the
> children's
>> >laughter when she exclaimed how pretty the bracelet was, putting it on,
> and
>> >dabbing some of the perfume on her wrist. Teddy Stoddard stayed after
>> >school that day just long enough to say, "Mrs. Thompson, today you
> smelled
>> >just like my Mom used to."
>> >
>> > ! After the children left, she cried for at least
>> > an
>> >hour. On that very day, she quit teaching reading, writing and
> arithmetic.
>> >Instead, she began to teach children. Mrs. Thompson paid particular
>> >attention to Teddy. As she worked with him, his min d seemed to come
> alive.
>> >The more she encouraged him, the faster he responded. By the end of the
>> >year, Teddy had become one of the smartest children in the class and,
>> >despite her lie that she would love all the children the same, Teddy
> became
>> >one of her "teacher's pets.."
>> >
>> > A year later, she found a note under her door,
from
>> >Teddy, telling her that she was the best teacher he ever had in his
>> >whole
>> >life.
>> >
>> > Six years went by before she got another note from
>> >Teddy. He then wrote that he had finished high school, third in his
> class,
>> >and she was still the best teacher he ever had in life.
>> >
>> > Four years after that, she got another letter,
> saying
>> >that while things had been tough at ti mes, he'd stayed in school, had
> stuck
>> >with it, and would soon graduate from college with the highest of
>> >honors.
>> >He assured Mrs. Thompson that she was still the best and favorite
>> >teacher
>> >he had ever had in his whole life.
>> >
>> > Then four more years passed and yet another letter
>> >came. This time he explained that after he got his bachelor's degree,
he
>> >decided to go a little further. The letter explained that she was still
> the
>> >best and favorite teacher he ever had. But now his name was a little
>> >longer.... The letter was signed, Theodore F. Stoddard, MD.
>> >
>> > The story does not end there. You see, there was
>> > yet
>> >another letter that spring. Teddy said he had met this girl and was
>> >going
>> >to be married. He explained that his father had died a couple of years
> ago
>> >and he was wondering if Mrs. Thompson might agree to sit at the wedding
> in
>> >the place that was usually reserved for the mother of the groom. Of
> course,
>> >Mrs. Thompson did. And guess what? She wore that bracelet, the one with
>> >several rhinestones missing. Moreover, she made sure she was wearing
the
>> >perfume that Teddy remembered his mother wearing on their last
Christmas
>> >together.
>> > They hugged each other and Dr. Stoddard whispered
>> > in
>> >Mrs. Thompson's ear: "Thank you for believing in me. Thank you so much
> for
>> >making me feel important and showing me that I could make a
difference."
>> >
>> >
>> > Mrs. Thompson, with tears in her eyes, whispered
>> >back .. She said, "Teddy, you have it all wrong. You were the one who
> taught
>> >me that I could make a difference. I didn't know how to teach until I
>> >met
>> >you."
>> >
>> > (For you that don't know, Teddy Stoddard is the
Dr.
> at
>> >Iowa Methodist in Des Moines that has the Stoddard Cancer Wing.)
>> >
>> > Warm someone's heart today. . pass this along. I
> love
>> >this story so very much,I cry every time I read it.Just try to make a
>> >difference in someone's life today? tomorrow? just "do it".
>> >
>> > Random acts of kindness, I think they call it!
>> >
>> > "Believe in Angels, then return the favor"
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