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[quote=Anonymous]One of the middle school teachers who tells her students she loves them back to say this:

Last year in January one of my favorite students, who admittedly was a frequent flyer problem child in our school, did something really knuckleheaded.  It was a doozy.  I was so upset when I heard about it and I went to where he was to speak with him about it.  I was shaking when I got to where he was.  I sat down and I said "I am so upset I don't even know what to say" and I asked him what he thought I should say.  There was a long pause.  Then he looked up at me with tears in his eyes and he said "You want to tell me that you love me and you want the best for me even though I did something really stupid."

It turns out that experience was the turning point for him.  He didn't magically become perfect and he is still struggling to get on the right path.  However, his being able to verbalize that I love him and that his other teachers love him has given him an inner strength that he is using to build his resilience when he encounters obstacles and challenges.  I'll take that as a lesson learned well...for both of us.[/quote]

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