Worth sharing…..
Gar Wright
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This teacher has a lot of courage
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NOW THIS LADY IS A TEACHER!!!
In September of 2005, on the first day of school, Martha Cothren, a History
teacher at Robinson High School in Little Rock, did something not to be
forgotten. On the first day of school, with the permission of the school
superintendent, the principal and the building supervisor, she removed all of
the desks in her classroom. When the first period kids entered the room they
discovered that there were no desks. 'Ms. Cothren, where are our desks?'
She replied, 'You can't have a desk until you tell me how one earns the right
to sit at a desk.' They thought, 'Well, maybe it's our grades.' 'No,' she said.
'Maybe it's our behavior.'
She told them, 'No, it's not even your behavior.'
And so, they came and went, the first period, second period, third period.
Still, no desks were in the classroom. Kids called their parents to tell them
what was happening and by early afternoon television news crews had started
gathering at the school to report about this crazy teacher who had taken all
the desks out of her classroom.
The final period of the day came and as the puzzled students found seats on the
floor of the desk-less classroom. Martha Cothren said, 'Throughout the day no
one has been able to tell me just what he or she has done to earn the right to
sit at the desks that are ordinarily found in this classroom. Now I am going to
tell you.'
At this point, Martha Cothren went over to the door of her classroom and opened
it. Twenty-seven (27) U.S. Armed Services Veterans, all in uniform, walked into
that classroom, each one carrying a school desk. The Vets began placing the
school desks in rows, and then they would walk over and stand alongside the
wall. By the time the last soldier had set the final desk in place those kids
started to understand, perhaps for the first time in their lives, just how the
right to sit at those desks had been earned.
Martha said, 'You didn't earn the right to sit at these desks. These heroes did
it for you. They placed the desks here for you. They went halfway around the
world, giving up their education and interrupting their careers and families so
you could have the freedoms you have. Now, it's up to you to sit in them. It is
your responsibility to learn, to be good students, and to be good citizens.
They paid the price so that you could have the freedom to get an education.
Don't ever forget it.'
By the way, this is a true story. And this teacher was awarded the Veterans of
Foreign Wars Teacher of the Year for the State of Arkansas in 2006. She is the
daughter of a WWII POW.
Do you think this email is worth passing along so others won't forget either,
that the freedoms we have in this great country were earned by our U.S.
Veterans? ................... I did.
Let us always remember the men and women of our military and the rights they
have won for us.
