mac Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 Happy Veterans Day to all, and especially to my fellow Vets. A lesson that should be taught in all schools . . And colleges Back in September of 2005, on the first day of school, Martha Cothren, a social studies school teacher at Robinson High School in Little Rock , did something not to be forgotten. On the first day of school, with the permission of the school superintendent, the principal and the building supervisor, she removed all of the desks out of her classroom. When the first period kids entered the room they discovered that there were no desks. 'Ms. Cothren, where're our desks?' She replied, 'You can't have a desk until you tell me how you earn the right to sit at a desk.' They thought, 'Well, maybe it's our grades.' 'No,' she said. 'Maybe it's our behavior.' She told them, 'No, it's not even your behavior.' And so, they came and went, the first period, second period, third period. Still no desks in the classroom. By early afternoon television news crews had started gathering in Ms.Cothren's classroom to report about this crazy teacher who had taken all the desks out of her room. The final period of the day came and as the puzzled students found seats on the floor of the deskless classroom, Martha Cothren said, 'Throughout the day no one has been able to tell me just what he/she has done to earn the right to sit at the desks that are ordinarily found in this classroom. Now I am going to tell you.' At thi s point, Martha Cothren went over to the door of her classroom and o pened it. Twenty-seven (27) U.S. Veterans, all in uniforms, walked into that classroom, each one carrying a school desk. The Vets began placing the school desks in rows, and then they would walk over and stand alongside the wall. By the time the last soldier had set the final desk in place those kids started to understand, perhaps for the first time in their lives, just how the right to sit at those desks had been earned.. Martha said, 'You didn't earn the right to sit at these desks. These heroes did it for you. They placed the desks here for you. Now, it's up to you to sit in them. It is your responsibility to learn, to be good students, to be good citizens. They paid the price so that you could have the freedom to get an education. Don't ever forget it.' By the way, this is a true story. Snopes page.Please consider passing this along so others won't forget that the freedoms we have in this great country were earned by U. S. Veterans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citadel80 Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 Back at you Mac!RegUSAF 1975 - 1980US Army 1980 -1986 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigaldoc Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 (edited) Happy Veterans Day to all, and especially to my fellow Vets.Amen to that from a veteran. Unfortunately, your Snopes link is bad however.Edited to Add: This seems to be the correct link: snopes.com: Veterans Return Desks Edited November 11, 2009 by bigaldoc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longgone Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 A little late here .. but hope you all had a good one ..."All gave some, some gave all"'62 - '84 ... haze grey and underway .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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