A Teacher Gets an Unexpected Letter from a Former Student
June 21, 2019
By: Valerie Strauss
Source: Washington Post
Justin Parmenter just got a treat that teachers don’t get often enough: confirmation that they have had a positive effect on a student.
Parmenter teaches seventh-grade language arts at Waddell Language Academy in Charlotte. An educator for more than 20 years, he started his teaching career “believing that I was going to transform every child,” just as many first-year teachers do when they are placed in schools with high-needs populations. He says he quickly learned how complex teaching is.
In this post, Parmenter writes about a letter he received from a former student. This first appeared on his blog, and he gave me permission to publish it.