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Wednesday, November 19, 2014

[rti4empowerment] GP1:She is a teacher

> SHE IS A TEACHER!!!

> In September of 2005, on the first day of school, Martha Cothren, a History
> teacher at Valley Heights High School in Port Rowan, Ontario , 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 you 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. 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 room.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) 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 freedom you have. 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. And this teacher was awarded Veterans of
> Foreign Wars Teacher of the Year in 2006. She is the daughter of a WWII
> POW

Note:

Dear Friends,

I was in Moscow in 1995 when the 50 years of WW II were celebrated and the main functions were held at MOSCOW. The main Parade was held on the famous RED SQUARE. There were no seats for any one to sit. All the Heads of the States / Dignitaries were standing. On query I was told, " How can you sit when the War Veterans are Marching".

This is the respect for Defence Personnel in Russia.

regards

Col Shivraj

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