Imagine being a little kid who's blind. Then you're sent to a state school, away from family and friends in order to be educated in a special way so that you can get along in the world. What kind of teacher do you think would be important to a first, second, or third grader? In continuing my salute to teachers, I have a guest blogger who was that little kid. Charles Lester shares with us a recent conversation he had with his fourth grade teacher from the School for the Blind. She made a difference to him in that setting. Chuck is now retired, but worked for 30 years in Human Resources at the United States Postal Service. A philosophy graduate from the University of Dayton, Chuck has lots of stories and this is but one. It's only fair to mention that 18 years ago Chuck told me a story. I bought it and married the guy.
How many times have we all heard the phrase, “I had this one teacher and.” Then, we are likely to be treated to a story about how this teacher, for better or ill, affected this person’s life. I consider myself to be a lucky soul because I’ve had several teachers who have profoundly influenced my life. The first in this long line of wonderful people was Henrietta Clash.
I first met her when I was a third grader at the School for the Blind. It was my first year there and every time we met, she always took time to ask how I was doing and if I was getting along with all of the new people in my life. It seemed to me that she really wanted to know and it was important for her to actually find out.
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