Robert

[e_compass_rosa]

Comments

[polly_sings]

i am so happy that you're posting these, and even happier to hear one happy story.

[e_compass_rosa]

There are more to come!

[stephanietberry]

This is beautiful.

[e_compass_rosa]

Thank you. He was a beautiful child in every sense.

[rbrownout]

This is so moving for me. I so admire anyone who has the combination of compassion and patience required to be this wonderful sort of teacher/mentor. I think back to my own experiences as a "student" and there were just so few times when I had anything like the connection you show here. Robert and Rebecca are lucky to have passed through your classroom!

[e_compass_rosa]

There are many students with whom I was not able to make a connection, but it is true that Robert and I did have that. Certainly in my own schooling (all the way through) I didn't have anyone to support or guide me. Even in college it took me until my junior year to find a professor who could be that for me. He helped me to glimpse some of my potential, and was perhaps the first person to ever really teach me anything (and I was 20 years old). As I've said often, I'm one of the most over-schooled and under-educated people you may ever meet.