The First Book

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Today, I had one of those moments that makes a teacher’s heart go pitter-patter. One of my students, who is about to be 18 and is in 10th grade, told me today that the book I gave him is the very first book he has ever sat down to read. It is about a boy whose brother gets killed in a drive-by shooting. This happened to my student this past summer. I hope the book helps him to see his life from a new perspective.

Cool that he is finally reading a book.

Cool that he told me.

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3 Responses to “The First Book”

  1. on 26 Jan 2007 at 6:10 am JanePoe (aka Deborah)

    What a great moment. I love those experiences when you’ve shared something with someone & you know, you JUST know, that it will be something they will take with them forever. Yeah!

    Celebrating with you … JP

  2. on 26 Jan 2007 at 5:22 pm Kamsin

    That is cool. It’s those little moments which make it all worthwhile; sad there aren’t more of them.

  3. on 27 Jan 2007 at 4:57 am papyrus

    Wonderful. That could be a really important moment in this guy’s life, you know.

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