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Today is Teacher Appreciation Day. Isn't that amazing? And when you have a partner like Dwayne Carson, Dr. Date the Word himself. He always makes us aware of these dates.
And so, with this idea of Teacher Appreciation Day, the question I would love for you to call in with today. When you think about it, who was a teacher that changed the direction of your life. And what did they say or do? In other words, you know, everybody had a teacher that made a huge difference one way or another. And.
You know, what was that story? We would love to hear yours: 866-348-7884-866-366. Three, four, truth. We would love to hear your, or maybe when did a teacher see something in you that you couldn't see in yourself? Or maybe there was a teacher that corrected you and it actually felt like love later.
You know, those are all things that you could think about. I would love to hear the story if you could think of a teacher who you wanted to share on the air today. you know, something that they did. I mean, what would you say if that teacher were sitting in front of you that made all the impact in your world? 8663487884-866-34 TRUTH.
And Doc, this is a huge thing in your world. Have you been around teachers for Most of your career. Most of my career. re working with college Professors, but then being a head of a Christian school in Winston-Salem. Um and then I, like you, have a daughter that is a teacher I have two sisters that are teachers.
I had a grandmother that was a teacher. And um when you think about Um Teachers, you know, this is teacher appreciation day, but it really is a week that is going on right now. This is teacher appreciation week. And um I don't know who came up with the idea, um but Somebody thought it ought to be a week where we take time to say thank you to some people who work tirelessly to train our children. And so I'm glad we're taking on this topic today.
And to be able to be able to really recognize Uh Men, women. to have a great impact on our lives.
So I'm hoping we'll hear from some callers real quick. To start telling us about how a teacher impacted their lives. 866-348-6. Seven eight eight four, I know in my own case Um I was held back in the sixth grade the first time. That means you failed in the first grade?
No, sixth. Sixth grade. No, I. I mean, it depends on what you want to call about failed. My parents said you're not going into seventh grade because we're not real happy with the grades that you got in sixth grade.
And well, I had gotten a D. And in my parents' world, that wasn't acceptable. And a bunch of C's, which weren't really high in their world, so they said, Well, you're going to do this again. Yeah. You know, quite honestly, I had probably made an agreement that I was stupid.
I I didn't think I could do the work. I it just seemed too hard for me. And You know, I don't know if...
Some of the teachers had left that impression, I wouldn't say, I don't know. All I knew is I just had the impression, I can't do this. But the second time I did sixth grade, we'd moved to Michigan. I went to Perry Junior High, which was sixth grade at that point. And I had both a math and an English teacher.
that both called called me out, like, Man, Robbie, you Look how good you did that. You did this perfect, you know, especially in the algebra, which I've really struggled with. Um, and this math teacher just went on and on and on, like, man, Robbie, I don't know how anybody else could figure out that. And he started to make me feel like I could do this stuff. And I had an English teacher.
That said, you know, write about something you want to write about, Robbie. You know, just don't do a paper to do a paper. Have fun with this, be creative. And once those two things happened, where I started to see I wasn't stupid. And I started to see the opportunity to have fun and learning and creativity.
Oh my goodness, I went for it to a straight A student, unbelievably. Mm. With the two things of just having understanding, number one, you're not stupid, and number two, you know, you really can have fun. Doing this stuff. And so, I hope there's some teachers out there that have been encouraging.
You know, they hear this and they go, Yeah, I've been, that's that's me. And, you know, we appreciate that because, man, you know, when people start to do the work and start to see their own ability, you know, it's a beautiful thing. And we would love to hear maybe that happened in your life: 866-348-7884-866-34 Truth. How about you, Doc? Did you have somebody that.
Rang your bell? Yeah. Right. In in several ways, you know, like you're saying, I mean, there was there there was the Mrs. Factor teaching chemistry.
in uh high school and um She she was just determined that I was going to learn Chemistry. And and I I I like biology. I grew up on a farm. I love the concept of dissecting things. chemistry was a whole another world to me.
But she wouldn't let it go I was on the football team. Steve went to the football coach and said He's making a scene. E can be making a B.
Well, I'm like, wait a minute. A C is okay. But not for her. Not for her. He knew I could do more.
And so then the football coach said, you have two weeks to get your grades to a B level. Wow. I didn't have to have a B level to play football. But I had two people to solve more potential in me that I needed to have that I could do better than I was doing. Um And so I look back, I'm very thankful for Ms.
Thacker Um I I am struggling to remember A teacher's name in the twelfth grade. I want to say Mrs. Henderson. But um It this was uh History and government. And Robbie D is She created for me a hunger to know history, but also to understand our government, and in the way she did it.
She made me the President of the United States. And I had to put together a cabinet And then we had to figure out how to get bills passed. And there was a person in our room that was a head of the House of Representatives, and there was a guy that was in charge of the Senate. And I learned so much because she was so practical. But unfortunately, I think again, I think it was Ms.
Henderson, but I'm not remembering her name exactly. But she made learning exciting. Yeah, right, right, right.
So, how about you? You hear these stories, you're thinking, wow, I got this. And think about the teachers out there that could use the encouragement.
So, what an opportunity to call us today. We would love to hear from you: 866-348-7884-866-348. 7, 8, 8, 4, and of course the Bible. Doc, you know, it's full of verses explaining the necessity of all this, right? In Deuteronomy 6:6, right?
These words you shall teach them diligently to your children, right? This is. This is not optional, it's covenantal. Right, as part of our relationship. I'm sure to say it's not optional.
We are supposed to, as parents, be the first teachers To our children. And so there may be some right now saying the greatest teacher I ever had was not in a classroom, but it was in my home. Um I had a my parents were great teachers. I will tell you that. Both of my grandmothers were instrumental in teaching me scripture.
Yeah, we gotta go to break dock. Um Call us with your, maybe that is somebody, 866-348-7884.
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Today is Teacher Appreciation Day and It's your opportunity to show some appreciation for how God, you know, ultimately God put these teachers in our life. And it's an absolutely amazingly beautiful thing when I think about the journey that I had through school and how God brought me into a realization that I could do this stuff and really ended up having a lot of fun doing it. And school ended up being a great deal of fun as a result of teachers, you know, that were. guiding me in the right direction. And so I know our producer, Nick, Um had A fascinating experience in school.
And you were influenced in a different way, right, Nick? Oh, yeah. I was influenced by all of my music teachers. that that from middle school to high school is a little bit of college so Yeah, they definitely shaped me in multiple ways, which I still do carry on to this day, and I would continue to carry on. Ah, in the future for sure.
There you go. Yeah, that love of music that Right? That changed literally the direction of your life. Yeah, and yeah, they taught me a lot about. Discipline as well because you know if you want to play music and continue to get better every day You d you need discipline in your life so and that can that can also you know go into work or if you're trying to achieve a goal of some sort you know discipline is definitely um where it's at Yeah, that's beautiful, Nick.
I love it. And key part of the word disciple. Yeah. Yeah. But yeah, we appreciate all my music teachers.
I really do. That's so awesome.
So, how about you listening? Who was that teacher that changed the direction of your life? And what did they say? What made the difference? 3487884-866-34 TRUTH.
Doc? What's some other scripture that could encourage us? Precious.
Well, um when it comes to teaching, Uh I always liked Deuteronomy uh Um Thirty I want to say it's thirty-one True. Um My 322, let my teaching drop as the rain. My speech distill as the dew as raindrops on the tender herbs and as showers on the grass. And uh When someone is teaching Um they are We talked about pouring into somewhat. The idea of the rain, of water being put on flowers so that they can bloom, water being put on like plants that will bear forth fruit.
It could be a fruit tree. It could be wheat a wheat field. It needs that rain. And it and a great teacher doesn't beat the student. But is able to create a hunger so they can teach the word To them so that what the subject they're teaching can get lodged into their minds so it becomes memorable.
it stays with them.
So Deuteronomy thirty two, two has always been one of my favorite go to verses on the kind of teacher that I want to be and the kind of teachers I wanted to have. Yeah, I I like that. I've heard that said if You know, the proverb, you know, train up a child was that idea of giving them a taste of what it so that you know they don't want to spit it out again. You know, that and you know, I know that was that way for me in the Bible. Once I develop a taste for it, right, then you can see that the Lord's good and you just want more and more and more.
And, you know, I know so many people, right, that they just developed this taste for learning that their education was one of the most wonderful, you know, times in their life. My own daughter, as you mentioned earlier, No, so proud of her. She she's a teacher, was voted Or I don't know how she got exactly the honor, but she's Teacher of the Year this year at Eymbram Elementary School here in Winston-Salem. And and it's really, really fun to watch her. You know, pour into her students and some of the stuff she does just blows me away.
But it's God-given, right, Doc? It sure is. And you know, there's different ways to show appreciation to your teacher. And to your teachers, and maybe we could have some callers who. They've got creative ways of letting uh teachers know that they're in That they are uh so uh vital to their child's success.
Uh I've got one in front of me. Right now, that this school is doing this, they call them Parent Teacher Associations, PTA.
So this is one that is being done this week, Robbie. Maybe you'll like this. The on Monday, and they've already done this. Thanks a lot. They start your day with a fresh-made latte.
Thanks a lot. Yeah. That's cool.
So the day was Do you not know what we do without you? Do not You know what we'd do without you. And they gave doughnuts and refreshments to all the teachers. Do not, donut. Donuts.
I get it. I get it. Not quite as good as a lot of, you know, thanks, a lot of, but then we pick. You, we pick you, and they get gift cards, gift card raffle, and student recognition. Uh Thursday, I really like this one.
Not your average teacher. Nacho average teacher. What do you think we're going to do on Thursday? Yeah, I think I c I see nachos coming, right? Yeah, every enjoyment.
A make your own nacho buffet.
Now, they probably should have done that today because today is tomorrow. Yeah, and we heard about we got Mike is calling in the Ohio doc before we get to Friday. We'll save that for later. And we're going to get to Mike and the Dayton, and we need yours. 866-348-7884.
866-348-7884. Mike, what you got for us?
Well, um my one of my best great great teachers who flunked me Was uh was my shop teacher. Um Yeah. And then you're a cabinet maker and you failed in chocolate. Yes, I did. I got to tell the story.
Well, yeah. Yeah, I was making a lamp for Mother's Day. Everybody was making lamps for their mother. And I cut corners. I didn't sand my lamp from one hundred all the way to two three twenty.
I kind of skipped some grits in between and got done faster than he looked at it and he says, no, this is well, you couldn't have gotten this done this fast. You must have skipped paper. And I said, yes, I did. And he says, well, I'm sorry, Mike, I got to flunk you.
So anyways my mom look my mom My mom loved the lamp. She liked it.
So, anyways, I'm at Country Club of the North and I'm making a curved staircase, which. If anybody knows what a curved staircase is, is an elite probably an elite cap carpentry work. And I'm making a elite staircase, and believe it or not, that teacher walks into the the house and says, Mike Dabbled. Are you doing this? And I said, Yes, I am.
And I said, And you flunked me. And I did, I did, I swear I did. And then he goes, I'm so sorry. And I says, you know what? That's what made me get become have so much passion for woodworking because of you.
I loved what I was doing. And he gave me so much passion, even though he flunked me. I'd love to do doing what I did. And he broke my heart when he flunked me. I came home crying to my mom.
Oh, my God. And anyway, what a story. What a story. Don't be skipping the grades. What's your story?
866? True grit, yeah. Three, four. Yeah, true grit. The story of true grit.
We'll be back in just a minute with a whole lot more. We need your calls: 866-348-7884. Mm. You're listening to the Truth Network and TruthNetwork.com. Welcome back to True Talk Live.
Today's question, since it's Teacher Appreciation Day, is: Who was that teacher that changed the direction of your life? What did they say or do? Or when did that teacher change? See something in you maybe you didn't see yourself. Or You know, did you have a teacher who corrected you in actually a way that felt like love?
As Mike just described to us, I would love to know. Your Story. I really, really would. 866-348. The number to call in and share: 866-348-7884.
866-348. Seven, eight, eight, four. That was Quite the story Mike shared, don't you think, Doc? It sure was. And this reminded me of something that's not necessarily a teacher in this person's life, but.
But that was a man that uh found himself being fired. Um, had this job and um His employer called him in and said, Look, you're just not cutting it. We're going to have to let you go. Uh you lack imagination. You lack imagination.
The man that was fired was Walt Disney. Yeah. And that's what I thought about with Mike. By being. By flucking that class, that sparked him.
I'm going to learn how to be the best at carpentry. And of Walt Disney don't have a little bit of imagination. And because he couldn't handle the fact that somebody said he didn't have any imagination. You know, and teachers do. They have that way of spurring prodding us to become what we don't really know that we could become.
Yeah, well it's interesting. that the um Hebrew word for teach As you might guess, I would look at these things. Yeah. It's absolutely beautiful. It looks.
As if Almost like an ox goat, because it is like a goat. The flawed. Right. It's got that idea connected to it. Um You know, that the true teacher doesn't just inform, they nudge.
Um and they point you in a particular direction. Um, like Nick talked about, or the way Nick, you know, Mike talked about. Obviously, the direction was to follow the directions, as the case may be. But I I I love that idea. And uh You know, it was fascinating.
I do a show finishing well with Hans Scheil and You know, one time I told him he was the He was the goad. And that wasn't the greatest of all time. It was G-O-A-D. He was like, you know, how long will you kick against the goats? And when you think about what an ox goat is, it's a pretty scary thing, man.
I mean, they're pointed, and the last thing you want is one of those things in your hoof, I would imagine, if I was an ox. But the idea is to keep you or get you to do something. And what he was doing was he was... You know, teaching, and he teaches all the time in his radio show how important it is to get your last. documents in order.
In other words, everybody needs to have a power of attorney in case You know, you're like me, you're involved in an accident or something. And he was, and he, you know, everybody needs to have, you know, Okay. Will and testament, you know, all those things that come with those, there were actually five or six documents. I said, dude, you are the goad, man. And that's just a part of what when you think about How many people like that in your life got you going in the right direction?
And I even think about coaches, you know. Yeah. that I was one of those, you know, but besides having my other struggles in sixth grade, I've I went from about five, seven to six, five. in that summer between the first time I did sixth grade and the second time, So You know, I grew Like almost a foot. And being 6'5.
in the sixth grade I was way taller, as you might imagine, than anybody else. Naturally, the foot basketball coach, like, he grabs me up and he's like, Man, we got to teach you how to play basketball. And I never even thought about playing basketball because all I ever wanted to play was football. And of course, I didn't know how to dribble or anything else, but he was just like, You're going to be the. He said, Rob, you.
You know, you can't hardly run because I had no coordination. It was amazing how much he worked with me just to, and it ended up that I loved basketball. And I love basketball to this day, my son. Really loved basketball, got to play at UNCG, et cetera. And it was really fun.
You know, it was just really changed the direction of my life. Ooh. Yeah, and flesh and blood real revealed to him that you could be a basketball player. Yeah, well I think He saw that height that goes, there he is. Yeah, um You were mentioning about the goad.
You know, that's a word found in Ecclesiastes 12:11. And it speaks about the teacher. The teacher sought to find acceptable words words that were written that were upright, words of truth. The words of the wise or white goats. And so, what I'm teaching teachers how to teach.
I take them to this passage in Ecclesiastes chapter twelve. And then one of the first things we have to do, Robbie, is when we get to verse 11, the words of the wives are like goats. Um I'm like, all right. Do you even know what a goad is?
So, the first thing we have to do is get a dictionary for them because they don't know what a goat is. Because they haven't seen that cattle prod. They haven't seen that which causes the oxen to keep moving that that prod. And uh so The w works of a wise are going to cause one not to just learn. But live.
The wise person wants the person to put into action. what they have been learning. And that's a great teacher. not just giving facts, not just memorize this and pass it, and we'll see you later. But how does this apply to your life?
Yeah, it's absolutely beautiful. And again. We know you got one out there. We know you got a story. Come on, give us a call.
We would love to. And just think of other people that could be encouraged, or maybe you have a unique way that you have encouraged teacher, like Doc said, like the nachos and the. You know, I can tell you that handwritten notes Are huge. We we do, um, our church does what we call a sunshine cart for the sch elementary school there in our area. And every month we you know, go around with treats and stuff like that.
You know. I guess God put it on my heart to write each teacher a note, right? This school, they're going to say thank you for helping us bloom. What do you think they're going to do on Friday? Thank you for helping us bloom.
They're going to give them a variety of flowers and plants. There you go. So they're getting flowers for them. And I tell you, there ought to be a shop class that would then go and plant the flowers for the teachers, right? You would think Mm-hmm.
But I think that, you know, again, it's kind of neat that there's ideas out there and you know, my daughter has told me time and again how much she appreciates you know, the different churches that have come in and helped her school, right? And they especially this time of year they come in and You know, like you said, give them a latte or give them a donut or whatever it may be. It's just nice to feel appreciated because, believe me, These days, not only are they Certainly dealing with students and parents and all those kind of things, but they're dealing with a threat. You know, just what, two weeks ago, Doc, that one of the teachers in this area, they had to lock down the schools because there was a mass shooting in the area. And I can't imagine dealing with that as well, right?
Yeah. Now it's it's it's it's nerve-wracking. And as a head of school, I always said that the thing that kept me awake at night was, are we safe enough? Do we have the right safety guards in place So if somebody wanted to do evil, we could quickly uh Snuff it out. And um hopefully before they even got started, uh they couldn't even they couldn't breach the perimeter.
Um the teachers They you know, we want them to be able to teach those skills so that they can be used, but they have to also have have that understanding of not just what to do in a fire drill, but what to do if there's an intruder. And not long ago, there was a I believe it was a principle that put his life on the line to tackle the would-be shooter. Um and uh he he just wasn't gonna let that person uh do damage to to to any of these students. Um Teachers are incredible heroes. Um they step in the gap in so many ways.
Oh, absolutely. And as Mike pointed out, as Nick pointed out, discipline is one of the things that. Yeah. Ha ha ha ha. You know what if So, Robbie, you have a story.
I got to believe.
Now, did they use wooden paddles on you? Yeah. Oh, of course. Of course. I have.
Plenty of those. In my day, yes, the definitely the teachers had wooden panels. And of course, the the The principals had holes drilled in it for less air. Aerodynamic purposes to get it to get a good swing on you and um You know, I remember that. I can't say that.
Yeah. I remember actually it was in my eighth grade. Same Perry Junior High School in Michigan. And this boy um Okay. That was actually fairly close to me.
Always used to carry a briefcase. And I kind of teased him that, you know, that it was not cool.
Well, I was in a. Math class, we were on the third story of Perry Junior High School, and the window was open, and it was a May day like this, and it was beautiful. And I just took Terry's briefcase and flipped it out the window. To whatever happened below, I don't know. But I do know that that earned me an opportunity to go to the principal's office and enjoy all that he had to offer with that paddle.
And then, you know, of course, they call your parents and It was a disciplined experience. Um God had some discipline for me in that particular one though that I'll just Makes it even more striking to me. There's any classmates from that school right now going, um. That's why I got hit in the head. It was Robbie Dilmore threw his kids' briefcase out the window, and it hit me in the head.
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You're listening to the Truth Network and TruthNetwork.com. Welcome back to True Talk Live. Today is Teacher Appreciation Day, right in the middle of Teacher Appreciation. weak and so as we're Thinking of opportunities that we have this week, and maybe you have a unique way that you've appreciated teachers over the years and it's made a real impact. There's no doubt in my mind that There's nothing like a note.
For those of us whose words of affirmation are Particularly powerful, and that's simple and easy. But I would love to know what you think. 866-348-7884, or maybe there was a teacher who challenged you.
So hard it felt uncomfortable at the time, but later you realize, like Mike did. That it ends up right there in the middle of your passion because, as you know, Hebrews 12 talks about discipline as this idea of love. It did it. If you didn't care about the student, why would they discipline? If the people didn't care about you, right, why would they.
at times, you know, challenge you as much as they did. And other times, you know, maybe you had a teacher that just... Um put faith in you where you didn't like Here, I want you to do this. Like I had a teacher. in my junior year in high school say Robbie I want you to Write the school play.
Wow. Yeah, I remember it well. And I remember having a blast doing it and collaborating with several other students and And we had ourselves quite a play. And um Because again, I learned that creativity is really fun, imagination is fun, and um You may know I I write Christian Cargai theater episodes and And and did all that stuff and that You know, I've always enjoyed that kind of thing. How about you, Doc?
Yeah, um when you have these teachers who Um They see the potential. And uh But they also call out the laziness Um Those are really gifts from God. Um and and I just want to say before the show ends to all of our teachers out there. We really do appreciate you. Thank you for getting up early.
Teachers have to show up before the students do. Thank you for Uh those long hours of having to be focused. as you change from subject to subject, as you change from student to student. And then for the long hours in the evening, I grew in great appreciation um being the head of uh of a Christian school Um of all the work, the dedication that a teacher has and and their spouse. We have some male teachers and their wife has to sacrifice because the husband is a teacher and all the work and many women are teachers.
The wife Is in the schoolroom early in the morning, late at night, grading papers, and the husband is having to also be a support and, in some ways, sacrifice some time because their spouse is a teacher. I just want to say a huge thank you because. Uh Our future is in our children, there's no question. And when they are taught the skills of how to be able to do the basics, then with that, they can Well, you know, we just had some people go to the moon again. They didn't land on it this time, Robbie, but shortly they're going to be landing on it again.
And there's this great movie out there called October Sky. And there was a teacher, Mrs. Riley, who helped a boy by the name of Homer um Uh be able to Learn how to do Chemistry to deal with a Uh do those things that would cause rockets to fly. And I loved watching that movie and thinking about here's this teacher who just kept pouring into a young boy who went on to work for NASA. Yeah, the follower's passion, right?
I mean, when you see the glory in somebody and you begin to say, wow, and call that out. You know, it changes lives, and that's what, you know, that's what teachers have an opportunity to do. You know, it's a beautiful thing.
So, we don't have a whole lot of time left.
So, if you want to get your call in, by all means, 866-348. That's the number to call. 866-348-7884. Maybe you've got a story of a teacher or an idea how to encourage one. You know, Doc, before it gets too late, I do think we ought to pray for them.
That's one way we can certainly encourage them.
So, Lord, we just thank you that you gifted so many. uh in every community to be teachers. That you gave them a passion to help the next generation, and that you continue to give them the patience and the stamina in order to step into this situation as families are deteriorating. You know, the fatherlessness that they're dealing with, and so many different opportunities that they have that weren't present in previous generations with safety and those kinds of things.
So, Lord, I pray that you would keep them safe, that you would protect them, that protect our schools, that you would help law enforcement to find ways to make that happen as well. That you would continue to just pour your passion into them to see something special in students and call it out, Lord, and bring the next generation up, as we talked about yesterday, in a great awakening of our schools. And I thank you that I know you're hard at work in doing that. In Jesus' name, I pray. Amen.
Amen. For me, Robbie, I I I will always go back to uh of the teacher that had the greatest impact on me was mister Moon. Coached Moon. He coached football, taught gymnast and physical ad. But he also taught drivers Ed and Robbie, this very day.
What he taught, I put into action as I came to a stop sign, I looked. To the left. I look to the right and I look to the left again. before I pulled out to go left. Always look to the left.
Wife. There you go. We got Nick. We got Nick in Jacksonville. We want to get him in, Doc.
And I agree, that's great Christian Carr advice right there, by the way. I just thought I'd add that.
So, Nick, you're on Truth Talk Live. Thanks for calling, man. Yeah, man. Uh, man, I back when I was in Boy Scouts, I um Some of the fathers couldn't really step up to be the scout master, so. This lady named Margaret Robinson stepped up.
to be our Really? Scoutmaster, which was a girl, which was kinda a lady, who was kinda weird. But let me tell you, she was. Absolutely amazing. And um what was cool about that was I didn't realize it until I got to middle school.
And my math teacher was Mrs. Robinson, my Scout Master.
So I would go on these camping trips And I would be like, all right, I got I get to get out of school, I get to hang out with the guys. And then I'd be sitting by the the campfire and guess who would pull out math notes and get me ready for the test on Monday? Mrs. Robinson.
So I would be like, I would get AB honor roll in. Math, my parents. We're blown away on how did you do that?
Well, I had to study on weekends with my teacher.
So She was a big stepping stone on getting me involved with math. But not only that, but getting me prepared in Boy Scouts.
So It worked out really, really well. And she was awesome. She was a really, really cool cool teacher as well as Mentor growing up. Right. She stepped in and stepped in.
Oh, it's a beautifully beautiful story. And not to mention, I like the way you threw in that be prepared stuff. Yeah, you know it. Yeah. She, you know, that's that is really a beautiful story.
And I'm so glad that what a way to To finish up the show, Nick, I can't tell you how much I appreciate that. That is a beautiful story of somebody that stepped in that you could have a who knows the boys that were involved in that. Thank you, Nick. God bless you. Yes, sir.
It's Or dark? We'll give you the last word. As we head into the last couple of minutes, because I know this one's right up your alley of all those years of being around professors and teachers and Um What would you like to share?
Well, for for our teachers again, Thank you for showing love. To many times students that may not be lovely. Um there's a A story, and it's been pretty much proven that it's a fictional story, but it's a story about a boy named Teddy. And every year at Liberty, I would read this story to our teachers And when Teddy showed up at school in each grade, the teachers put stuff about him that that just wasn't, you know, well, they're they're being kind of pr honest about it, but like first grade, Teddy shows promise with his work and attitude, but poor home situation. Second grade, Teddy could do better.
Mother is seriously ill. He receives a little help at home. Third grade Teddy is a good boy but too serious, a slow learner. His mother died this year. Fourth grade Teddy is very slow but well behaved.
Father shows no interest.
Well, when he comes to the sixth grade, the fifth grade, Teddy brought a p a gift to his teacher. And everybody laughed at it. But the teacher did. And she was so Helpful to Teddy. And later on, the end of the story is he invited her to come and sit where his mom would sit.
And her name was Miss Thompson. And Ms. Thompson made a difference in Teddy's life. And that's what teachers are doing. They're making a difference in people's lives who have difficult lives.
And I just again thank you teachers on Teacher Appreciation Day. They win. Amen. Thanks.
