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DCP
09-06-2013, 11:19 AM
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 can't have a desk until you tell me how you earn the right to sit at a desk.'

They thought, 'Well, maybe it's our grades.' 'No,' she said.

'Maybe it's our behavior.' She told them, 'No, it's 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 didn't 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, it's 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. Don't 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 won't 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.


http://www.snopes.com/glurge/nodesks.asp

USAFrox
09-06-2013, 11:39 AM
Wow. We need more teachers who understand things like this, and try to instill these ideas in our youth.

williamwaco
09-06-2013, 12:34 PM
Brought a tear to my old eye

JakeBlanton
09-06-2013, 12:46 PM
Nice to see snopes being used to show something that is true for a change. Too many things with this style of writing end up being false. The only discrepancy that I see is that it was supposedly a military history class.

https://www.facebook.com/martha.cothren

woody13
09-06-2013, 01:39 PM
Felt such pride in reading this and for this teacher...

41 mag fan
09-06-2013, 02:42 PM
WOW...a brilliant mind and honor for her country that teacher has.

MrWolf
09-06-2013, 05:48 PM
Thank you for sharing that

MtGun44
09-06-2013, 07:42 PM
Amazing!

Bill

firefly1957
09-06-2013, 08:30 PM
Thank you!

smoked turkey
09-06-2013, 11:05 PM
Unfortunately teachers with that kind of spirit are hard to find. Hopefully she is still going strong.

kartooo
09-06-2013, 11:16 PM
loved it

Bad Water Bill
09-07-2013, 12:36 PM
Now that young lady I would like to take out for pizza any day she chooses.

I would also hope she can bring her dad. Not only did he serve MY country but he also raised a fantastic daughter.

Echo
09-07-2013, 01:07 PM
Seen before, but it was still Kleenex time for this old dude...

Bloodman14
09-08-2013, 02:13 AM
HOORAH!! Don't ever forget what we/they gave up for our country!

DCP
09-08-2013, 11:21 AM
Bump for those who. (all gave some, some gave all)

Thanks to all who loves this.

Can anyone tell me why only 2% of our Cast Boolits family responds to threads like these.
It happens all the time.

Maybe I should take a picture of some food.

Sad times we live in.