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[quote=Anonymous]I remember many compliments given by teachers--I didn't receive many compliments or pats on the back at home, so they were precious to me. I had teachers tell me I was smart or a good helper, good sense of humor, good artist etc. It carried me through to later years when I needed those affirmations to get me through. I had a very cantankerous fourth grade teacher who probably should have retired already and that year was pretty miserable. Fifth grade we moved and my new teacher had just graduated from college and had no control over the classroom or mean kids, so that year was miserable. Sixth was somewhat better. But first through third were great.

At the end of second grade, my older sister was murdered (she was an adult). It was a really awful time for me and there was a week shortly after that when I went home every day after lunch. I just couldn't bear to sit in class and would tell the teacher I didn't feel good and she'd let me go home. She'd call me her half day bug and hug me and let me go. That meant everything to me. I was so worried she'd call me out for faking but she never did. I was thinking about it when I was about to turn 40 and decided to look her up and write a letter thanking her for her gentleness with me during that time. She wrote back and said she remembered it and thanked me for writing and that she had only heard from about 3-4 students in her entire career and my letter meant a lot to her.

Kids remember the way adults make them feel--good and bad.[/quote]

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