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Re: Male Teachers and The Little Things make a difference
Posted by Michael on 5/14/08

Many, many years ago - I was an elementary teacher (2nd and
5th grade). It is true, the childern really loved having a
male teacher since there were and "are" so few male teachers
in elementary schooltoday.

I recently saw two of my former 5th graders at a luncheon
downtown (they are twenty years old!!!). They remembered
everything about our class. I felt very proud to have
taught such wonderful young people.


On 5/13/08, Donna wrote:
> Wow, what a great article - very inspiring.
>
> It is so lovely to see a male teacher in the early grades.
> The children just love it. My 7 year old has a male
teacher
> this year and has responded incredibly well.
>
> Yesterday, I took my 4 year old to kindy and there was a
> male 'substitute' Teacher for the day. My son was in awe -
> I had to stay and watch for a while because the children
> were just so excited and having the male voice and just a
> slightly different style - it was lovely to watch.
>
> Until I had children, I did not realize how important these
> little Teacher gestures are to both the children and the
> parents.
>
> Thanks to those Teachers who continue to do these little
> things day after day after day - the little things do make
> such a difference.
>


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• Male Teachers and The Little Things make a difference, 5/13/08, by Donna .
• Re: Male Teachers and The Little Things make a difference, 5/14/08, by amanda darrisaw.
• Re: Male Teachers and The Little Things make a difference, 5/14/08, by Michael .
• Truly inspiring, 5/24/08, by Gayle.
• Surrey Park, 6/03/08, by Brendan V1.