> NOW SHE IS A TEACHER!!! > > In September of 2005, on the first day of school, Martha Cothren, a > History teacher at Robinson High School in Little Rock , did something > not to be forgotten. On the first day of school, with the > permission of the school superintendent, the principal and the building > supervisor, she removed all of the desks in her classroom. When the > first period kids entered the room they discovered that there were no > desks. Ms. Cothren, where are our desks? > > She replied, You cant have a desk until you tell me how you earn the > right to sit at a desk. > > They thought, Well, maybe its our grades. No, she said. > > Maybe its our behavior. She told them, No, its not even your > behavior. > > And so, they came and went, the first period, second period, third > period. Still no desks in the classroom. Kids called their parents to > tell them what was happening and by early afternoon television news > crews had started gathering at the school to report about this crazy > teacher who had taken all the desks out of her room. > > The final period of the day came and as the puzzled students found > seats on the floor of the desk-less classroom. Martha Cothren said, > Throughout the day no one has been able to tell me just what he or she > has done to earn the right to sit at the desks that are ordinarily > found in this classroom. Now I am going to tell you. > > At this point, Martha Cothren went over to the door of her classroom > and opened it. Twenty-seven (27) U.S. Veterans, all in uniform, walked > into that classroom, each one carrying a school desk. The Vets began > placing the school desks in rows, and then they would walk over and > stand alongside the wall. By the time the last soldier had set the > final desk in place those kids started to understand, perhaps for the > first time in their lives, just how the right to sit at those desks had > been earned. > > Martha said, You didnt earn the right to sit at these desks. These > heroes did it for you. They placed the desks here for you. They went > halfway around the world, giving up their education and interrupting > their careers and families so you could have the freedom you have. > Now, its up to you to sit in them. It is your responsibility to learn, > to be good students, to be good citizens. They paid the price so that > you could have the freedom to get an education. Dont ever forget it. > > > > By the way, this is a true story. And this teacher was awarded > Veterans of Foreign Wars Teacher of the Year for the State of Arkansas > in 2006. She is the daughter of a WWII POW. > > > > Do you think this email is worth passing along so others wont > forget either, that the freedoms we have in this great country were > earned by our U.S. Veterans? ................... I did. > > > > Let us always remember the men and women of our military and the rights > they have won for us.
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