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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I attended a very small elementary school, where there were only two classes per grade.  When I was in second grade, the other second grade teacher, who I had everyday for reading, was visibly pregnant and excited about her first baby. Then she stopped coming to school for what felt like a long time. Everyone asked about her, but we were just told she was taking some time off. The day before she returned to work, our classroom teacher explained that the other teacher’s baby had died and so there was no baby and that it was very sad so we shouldn’t mention it or ask the teacher any questions.

Later that same year, every single baby from the class hamster’s litter died in a tragic way.

When I was in seventh grade, a classmate died from an accidental gun discharge. I still remember these events, but even though they were terribly sad, I was not permanently damaged by them and I learned that tragedy, pain and loss are part of life. You and your seventh grader will be fine.

It’s ridiculous to think that this teacher did anything wrong or that there’s any reason to speak with the administration.[/quote]

So many posters have addressed why this is important to the teacher, but your post gets at what I've been trying to formulate -- it's good for the students.  All of us are going to die, some more prematurely than others.  And is almost always sad and shocking for those left behind.  We here in America are fairly closed off to the emotions and reality of this universal situation.  The reality is that one of this teacher's students will know (or sadly experience) the loss of a baby.  And they will remember her.  And feel less alone.[/quote]

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