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Her Mother is a Teacher


 
See Also:
Beginning of a FAMOUS Hero: The Clara Barton Story.
Life Lesson #52 – Take Time to Think.

 

Nancy loved going to school, and she made really good grades. Her mother taught first grade at the same school, and some of Nancy’s friends had even been in her mom’s class three years before. They thought she was a really great teacher then, but something had gone wrong this year that Nancy just could not understand. They started saying things like Nancy made good grades because her mom was a teacher. They said that Nancy never got in trouble because her mom worked at the school.

One day, Nancy walked by a few girls on the playground, and one of them started saying, “Teacher’s kid, teacher’s kid,” and then they all joined in.

One of the teachers on duty saw the whole thing. She said to the girls, “I believe you owe Nancy an apology. The fact that her mother is a teacher at our school does not mean that Nancy does not have to work just as hard as you do and follow the same rules that you do. Her mother HELPED some of you learn to read in the first grade. And now you’re being mean to Nancy
just because Nancy is her daughter?!”

By this time, the girls were feeling very ashamed. One of them had even begun to cry. Then she gave Nancy a hug and told her how sorry she was. The other girls also apologized. They had heard repeatedly about how some people hurt others, and that HEROES HELP others, but today it all started to make sense. Today they decided to become HEROES instead.

– Jim Lord