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A lesson that should be taught in all schools and colleges...
Sent to me by email from a Veteran friend. Better Than The Three "Rs"
Back in September of 2005, on the first day of school,
Martha Cothren, a social studies school 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 out of her classroom.
When the first period kids entered the room they
discovered that there were no desks.
'Ms. Cothren, where're our desks?'
She replied, 'You can't have a desk until you tell me
what you have done to earn 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 in the classroom.
By early afternoon television news crews had started
gathering in Ms.Cothren's classroom to report about this crazy teacher
who had taken all the desks out of her room.
The final period of the day came and as the puzzled
students found seats on the floor of the deskless classroom, Martha
Cothren said, 'Throughout the day no one has been able to tell me just
what he/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. . Veterans, all
in uniforms, 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.
Now, it's up to you to sit in them. It is your responsibility to
learn, to be good students, 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.
Please consider passing it along so others won't forget that the freedoms we have in this great country were earned by Veterans.
Sent to me by email from a Veteran friend. Better Than The Three "Rs"
Back in September of 2005, on the first day of school,
Martha Cothren, a social studies school 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 out of her classroom.
When the first period kids entered the room they
discovered that there were no desks.
'Ms. Cothren, where're our desks?'
She replied, 'You can't have a desk until you tell me
what you have done to earn 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 in the classroom.
By early afternoon television news crews had started
gathering in Ms.Cothren's classroom to report about this crazy teacher
who had taken all the desks out of her room.
The final period of the day came and as the puzzled
students found seats on the floor of the deskless classroom, Martha
Cothren said, 'Throughout the day no one has been able to tell me just
what he/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. . Veterans, all
in uniforms, 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.
Now, it's up to you to sit in them. It is your responsibility to
learn, to be good students, 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.
Please consider passing it along so others won't forget that the freedoms we have in this great country were earned by Veterans.
http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/s/school-desks.htm
Besides, I get to go for real warbird rides.... fer free. :d