Teaching – The Power of Influence
http://teachers.net/gazette/JUN09/walles/

The impact of teaching is clear, and the influence of the
profession is immeasurable. All it takes is one moment, one
situation, one discussion to turn the life of a young learner.
June 2009
by Graysen Walles

[excerpt, read the full article at
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A Teacher’s Negative Influence

During her tender teen years, prior to her pregnancy with
me, [my mother] was bused to an all-white school. This took
place during the 1960s, when busing had become the
socially-accepted means to integrate society. During that
time, my mother desired to attend college, but a teacher
told her that her intellectual abilities were not suited for
college. That teacher recommended she pursue a profession
where she could use her hands—working in the manufacturing
plants in Detroit and Flint, Michigan. This comment hurt my
mother, and the educator’s power of suggestion negatively
permeated her soul. This later contributed to her low
self-esteem and a loss of purpose.

Almost ten years later, at the age of twenty-five,
....CONTINUED AT
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