It was in my high school science class.I was doing a task in front of the classroom with my favorite shirt on.
A 1 came."Nice shirt," I smiled from ear to ear.Then another voice said, "That shirt belonged to my dad.Greg's mother works for my family.We were going to 2 that shirt away, but gave it to her 3 ." I was speechless.I wanted to hide.
I 4 me shirt in the back of the closet and told my mom what had happened.She then dialed her 5 , "I will no longer work for your family," she told him.That night, Mom told my dad that she couldn't clean anymore; she knew her life's 6 was something greater.
The next morning she 7 with the personnel manager at the Board of Education.Ke told her that without a proper education she could not teach.So Mom decided to 8 a university.
After the first year in college, she went back to the personnel manager.He said, "You are 9 aren't you?I think I have a 10 for you as a teacher's assistant.This opportunity deals with children who are mentally challenged with little or no chance of 11 Mom accepted the opportunity very 12 .
For almost five years, as a teacher's assistant, she saw teacher after teacher give up on the children and quit, feeling 13 .Then one day, the personnel manager and the principal 14 in her classroom.The principal said, "We have watched how you 15 the children and how they communicate with you and admire your hard-working 16 over the last five years.We are all in 17 that you should be the teacher of this class."
My mom spent more than 20 years there. 18 her career, she was voted Teacher of the Year.All of this came about because of the 19 comment made in my classroom that day.Mom showed me how to handle 20 situations and never give up.