For everyone who has been a teacher, or who has been taught by a teacher, they are moments worth savoring. For Barbara Gordon, a kindergarten teacher at Tahoe Lake School, that moment came last March when two of her former students survived a desert outing in which they became separated from their father and were lost for three days. Gordon recalls teaching the oldest girl these skills in kindergarten. When the girls were found, I was so thrilled that there was a happy ending. Sometimes teachers lose sight of that.
Teachers are all part of a puzzle, and one piece is just as important as any other piece.
We are all in this together. Michael Richards found his calling as an educator when he returned to his old neighborhood to teach English at Pacific High School in San Bernardino. He's found success reaching some of the toughest students through poetry. In one instance, Richard worked with a student who had been affiliated with gangs and was heading for trouble. Through poetry, Richards was able to pull the young man back into school so that now he is one of the most involved students in the classroom.