Next time you want to quit

Next time you want to quit, read this and keep on coaching or better yet let all the kids and your family know they are special! Let all the negative crap go!


> >>>
> >>>>> As she stood in
> >>> front of her 5th grade class on the very first day of school, she told
> >>> the children an untruth. Like most teachers, she looked at her students and
> >>> said that she loved them all the same. However, that was impossible,
> >>> because there in the front row, slumped in his seat,was a little boy named
> >>> Teddy Stoddard.
> >>>>>
> >>>
> >>>>>
> >>> Mrs. Thompson
> >>> had watched Teddy the year before and noticed that he did not play well with
> >>> the other children, that his clothes were messy and that he constantly needed
> >>> a bath. In addition, Teddy could be unpleasant. It got to
> >>> the point where Mrs. Thompson would actually take delight in marking his
> >>> papers with a broad red pen, making bold X's and then putting a big 'F' at
> >>> the top of his papers.
> >>>>>
> >>>
> >>>>> &nb sp;
> >>> At the school
> >>> where Mrs. Thompson taught, she was required to review each child's past
> >>> records and she put Teddy's off until last. However, when she reviewed his
> >>> file, she was in for a surprise.
> >>>>>
> >>>
> >>>>>
> >>> Teddy's first
> >>> grade teacher wrote, 'Teddy is a bright child with a ready
> >>> laugh. He does his work neatly and has good manners... He is a joy to be
> >>> around..'
> >>>>>
> >>>
> >>>>>
> >>> His second
> >>> grade teacher wrote, 'Teddy is an excellent student, well liked by his
> >>> classmates, but he is troubled because his mother has a terminal illness and
> >>> life at home must be a struggle.'
> >>>>>
> >>>
> >>>>>
> >>> His third grade
> >>> teacher wrote, 'His mother's death has been hard on him. He tries to do his
> >>> best, but his father doesn't show much interest, and his home life will soon
> >>> affect him if some steps aren't taken.'
> >>>>>
> >>>
> >>>>>
> >>> Teddy's fourth
> >>> grade teacher wrote, 'Teddy is withdrawn and doesn't s how much interest in
> >>> school. He doesn't have many friends and he sometimes sleeps in class.'
> >>>>>
> >>>
> >>>>>
> >>> By now, Mrs.
> >>> Thompson realized the problem and she was ashamed of herself. She felt even
> >>> worse when her students brought her Christmas presents, wrapped in beautiful
> >>> ribbons and bright paper, except for Teddy's. His present was clumsily
> >>> wrapped in the heavy, brown paper that he got from a grocery bag. Mrs.
> >>> Thompson took pains to open it in the middle of the other presents. Some of
> >>> the children started to laugh when she found a rhinestone bracelet with some
> >>> of the stones missing, and a bottle that was one-quarter full of perfume..
> >>> But she stifled the children's laughter when she exclaimed how pretty the
> >>> bracelet was, putting it on, and dabbing some of the perfume on her wrist.
> >>> Teddy Stoddard stayed after school that day just long enough to say, 'Mrs.
> >>> Thompson, today you smelled just like my Mom used to.'
> >>>>>
> >>>
> >>>>>
> >>> After the
> >>> children left, she cried for at least an hour. On that very day, she quit
> >>> teaching reading, writing and arithmetic. Instead, she began to teach
> >>> children. Mrs. Thompson paid particular attention to Teddy. As she worked
> >>> with him, his mind seemed to come alive. The more she encouraged him, the fas
> >>> ter he responded. By the end of the year, Teddy had become one of the
> >>> smartest children in the class and, despite her lie that she would love all
> >>> the children the same, Teddy became one of her 'teacher's pets..'
> >>>>>
> >>>
> >>>>>
> >>> A year later,
> >>> she found a note under her door, from Teddy, telling her that she was the
> >>> best teacher he ever had in his whole life.
> >>>>>
> >>>
> >>>>>
> >>> Six years went
> >>> by before she got another note from Teddy. He then wrote
> >>> that he had finished high school, third in his class, and she was still the
> >>> best teacher he ever had in life.
> >>>>>
> >>>
> >>>>>
> >>> Four years
> >>> after that, she got another letter, saying that while
> >>> things had been tough at times, he'd stayed in school, had
> >>> stuck with it, and would soon graduate from college with the highest of
> >>> honors. He assured Mrs. Thompson that she was still the best and favorite
> >>> teacher he had ever had in his whole life.
> >>>>>
> >>>
> >>>>>
> >>> Then four more
> >>> yea rs passed and yet another letter came. This time he explained that after
> >>> he got his bachelor's degree, he decided to go a little further. The letter
> >>> explained that she was still the best and favorite teacher he ever had. But
> >>> now his name was a little longer.... The letter was signed, Theodore F.
> >>> Stoddard, MD.
> >>>>>
> >>>
> >>>>>
> >>> The story does
> >>> not end there. You see, there was yet another letter that spring. Teddy said
> >>> he had met this girl and was going to be married. He
> >>> explained that his father had died a couple of years ago and he was wondering
> >>> if Mrs. Thompson might agree to sit at the wedding in the place that was
> >>> usually reserved for the mother of the groom. Of course, Mrs. Thompson did.
> >>> And guess what? She wore that bracelet, the one with several rhinestones
> >>> missing. Moreover, she made sure she was wearing the perfume that Teddy
> >>> remembered his mother wearing on their last Christmas together.
> >>>>>
> >>>
> >>>>>
> >>> They hugged
> >>> each other, and Dr. Stoddard whispered in Mrs. Thompson's ear, 'Thank you
> >>> Mrs. Thompson for believing in me. Thank you so much for making me feel
> >>> important and showing me that I could make a difference.'
> >>>>>
> >>>
> >>>>>
> >>> Mrs. Thompson,
> >>> with tears in her eyes, whispered back.. She said, 'Teddy, you
> >>> have it all wrong. You were the one who taught me that I could make a
> >>> difference. I didn't know how to teach until I met you.'
> >>>>>
> >>>
> >>>>>
> >>> (For you that
> >>> don't know, Teddy Stoddard is the Dr at Iowa Methodist in Des Moines that has
> >>> the Stoddard Cancer Wing.)
> >>>>>
> >>>
> >>>>>
> >>> Warm someone's
> >>> heart today. . . pass this along. I love this story so very much, I cry every
> >>> time I read it. Just try to make a difference in someone's life today?
> >>> tomorrow? just 'do it'.
> >>>>>
> >>>
> >>>>>
> >>> Random acts of
> >>> kindness, I think they call it!
> >>>>>
> >>>>> 'Believe in Angels, then return the favor
> >>>>>
> >>>
> >>>>>
> >>>
> >>>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>>
> >________________________________
> > >>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>>No virus found in this incoming message.

 

This is a great story but according to Snopes research it is not true



http://www.snopes.com/glurge/teddy.asp

 

That is what it is about!

That is fine but it has inspired a number of people and may inspire others just as fiction has inspired us all at times.
However thanks for your research, it is good to know.

 

Good message.

 

Exactly !!

Twilight isn't true either, but look at all the people that have read the book or seen the movie !!--- Guru

 

Great Story

 

This is a great story but according to Snopes research it is not true

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There is always SOMEONE who will go out of there way to try and ruin something that is good.

I enjoyed this story. Thanks

 

And.....

So, what's your point? Hopefully it isn't that the moral of the story is useless..... good info / fact or fiction... experience, strength, hope...

 

In homerun's defense I don't think he meant his post negatively; I think he was just making sure someone didn't mistake it for fact.

I recall the story of Nat King Cole's daughter being helped by a white driver after her car broke down trying to get to her father's bedside before he died. The driver was rewarded with a color tv later. The story was uplifting but it wasn't true either.

Both stories are great morally. Truth is also a moral.

 

Don't Bogart!

Since when does Daddy Ball have any kind of morality? What kind of stuff do you guys smoke? The only acts of kindness you better be teaching kids I would hope is off the field, because otherwise your going to get beat. Pat a kid on the back for a job well done while your DD takes her place on the roster.