Teacher Impact

I have many examples of people who have left me better than they found me. The one that comes to mind today is my sixth grade teacher, Mrs Bailey. She was an excellent teacher. This was well known and understood by everyone. She won teacher of the year the year I had her.

Mrs. Bailey impacted all of her students. She wasn’t the type who only liked the good kids or the smart kids. If you asked ANY child, that year or any year even well after we all grew up, if you knew her, you loved her. I believe she loved all of us!

She knew every one of us, but most important to me, was that she knew me. She did what no other teacher was able to do. She showed me that I could do well in school. She showed me that I could love to read. She opened up a whole world that I didn’t know existed.

The impact of Mrs Bailey had on my life, was huge. I, from that year on, knew who I was and who I could be. I even learned how to do what needed to be done. Mrs Bailey kindly guided me toward books that made me, a kid who barely read, into a lifelong lover of reading.

Teachers can have such colossal impact on their students. I am forever grateful for the positive influence Mrs Bailey had on me.