I have never forgotten you since that first day. You were gentle, welcoming, beautiful and understanding. You took the time to teach me by your desk. It was not so much the material as the system and culture within the classroom that you coached me on. A lot remained to be discovered but in a matter of days, I had found my home within Gateway Public School. In your classroom. Because of you.
Now, at the age of 40, I still look back on those days with nostalgia and fondness. Now, being married to a teacher, I hear many stories from her classroom. I always recall to my wife, herself a graduate of Gateway Public School, that the smallest kindness can have a deep and lasting effect. A word, a look, or a gesture: The kind of thing you imparted to your students...to me...daily.
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