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Tuesday, September 11, 2012

The Final Chapter of a Life as I Know It ~ 9-11~012

 MY WORLD SINCE AGE 20
SCHOOL TEACHER

Our Last Year Together
Rockbridge Middle School Is Closing 6-2013
Where we will all go no one knows!

Left to Right: 
Joanna~ Librarian and Daughter of a Minister
Megan, English 7 Teacher and a Minister's Wife
Genie (moi)...Matriarch of the School at 73
Gretchen ~ Science 7 Teacher ~ I taught her back in sixth grade.
Rita ~ Guidance Counsellor and Daughter of a Minister

"Who dares to teach must never cease to learn." ~ John Cotton Dana
"A teacher afects eternity; he can never tell when his influence stops." ~ Horace Mann
"A teacher's purpose is not to create students in his own image, but to develop students who can create their own images." ~ Unknown




15 comments:

  1. Wonderful set of friends together.

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  2. Hope you all have a great school year!

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  3. Life will be different won't it. I'm sure you will all stay closely connected.

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  4. I am glad that you are seeing this school year to the end. (Aren't you the second from the left?) I worry about you but you seem to have a second wind these days. We sure need to catch up. XO

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  5. I've always thought that good teachers are just about the most important people in the whole, wide world.

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  6. Enjoy this year! I like the dreamy soft texture on this photo.

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  7. Great photo. Seems like a really special bond with these ladies.

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  8. Poignant -- bittersweet post. Of course I love the quotes (no surprise from a retired teacher's wife). I know you'll find something you love. But I also know it won't be the same.

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  9. oh this will be a sad year...love the photo of you and your friends :)

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  10. What a fine looking crew you all are. Wow, the shcool is closing - is a new one being built? Genie, you look as young as those girls. I agree with Barbara - "Good teachers are just about the most important people in the whole, wide world."

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