Teacher's Emotional Moment With Moody Student Comes Full Circle

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mattstaff
Nov 7, 2021 12:00 PM EST

This teacher's wholesome moment with a rather moody student ended up coming full circle in the best way. The universe speaks in mysterious ways. It sounds like the teacher left a profoundly positive impact on the student who was going through a tough time. You never know how far an act of kindness can carry someone down the wild road of life. 

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    Text - Story time... Back in the 14-15 school year, I was teaching science in Orange. It was a at challenging year as middle school is generally pretty terrible for everyone involved. I had one period of honors students that was filled with a pretty bright spectrum of students. There was one girl who sat in the front and was filled with typical middle school angst. Always had her black hoodie on and up, with her sleeves past her hands; and hair in front of her face. She was quiet and kept to her
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    Text - One day she was writing in a journal she always wrote in. I decided to look over her shoulder to see what she was writing. "I suck. I'm ugly. I'm stupid. No one likes me. I hate me. etc" Without thinking, I snatched the notebook from her and started writing in it. "You're great. You're beautiful. You're intelligent. You're loved." The opposite of everything she wrote, then handed it back. I didn't make a big deal out of it at the time but she blossomed for me over the remainder of the yea
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    Text - forth to the veterans hospital shooting the breeze with the passengers. Girl "No Way! You're from SoCal?" Me "yup!" G "what part?" M "Orange County" G "I was born at Choc in Orange and my cousin went to school near there" M" Really? I taught at a middle school down the street from there. Small world!"
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    Text - G" M "Yea! 14-15 school year" G" that's when my cousin went there! Do you ?" remember x?" M "I'm pretty bad with names so l'm not sure, but we only had a few whites kid in my honors class" G shows me a picture. Still not ringing any bells. M "yea I remember she was having really rough go of it. One day..." and I retell the story G "No. Freaking. Way! It IS you! She STILL HAS that notebook. She looks at it time to time to get her through the tough times."
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    Text - I was blown away. I almost started crying right there in the car. Teachers always talk about how rare it is to hear from students in the future about how they impacted them. I only taught for a few years but I really tried and really cared. Even though that path didn't turn out how I had planned it, it's humbling to know that I did some good in that time. End of story, just really wanted to share.
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