As we mourn
the lost of young lives at the Briarwood Elementary and Plaza Towers Elementary
Schools in Oklahoma City, stories are emerging about the heroic acts of
teachers who put their lives at risk to keep students safe during the deadly
tornado.
According
to several media reports, students talked about how teachers shielded them with
their bodies to protect them from tornado debris and comforted them by letting the
students know “they are going to be fine[i].” The heroic acts by teachers should remind us
of the intangibles teacher bring to the job that go unnoticed.
With teachers coming under fire for
poor student performance, the heroic performance of the teachers at Briarwood
and Plaza Towers Elementary Schools
We also need to be reminded that
many teachers are parents, sons, daughters, brothers, sisters, uncles and
aunts, some are even grandparents. They
are coaches, mentors, confidants and in some cases substitute parents. With the imminent threat of death, these
teachers thought not about the consequences to themselves or their family, they
thought about protecting their students.
This is the true nature of a
teacher. Thank you for showing the world
what a teacher should be.
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