Anon

Posted on 6/16/09

Like this person is only person who went to MSU or any school,
for that matter, with a family?

Maybe the original teacher didn't really know this person and
didn't see college potential. 50% of the students going to
college are totally unprepared nowadays anyway.

On 6/06/09, Kathleen wrote:
> 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
> http://teachers.net/gazette/JUN09/walles/]
>
>
> 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
> http://teachers.net/gazette/JUN09/walles/ (link below)

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