On this this special day, I would like to wish all of the dads, grandads, uncles, big brothers, or anyone else who fills the role of DAD in the life of one or more of our students, a very happy Father's Day 2018! Dads (and moms) should be one of our very first and very best teachers. Anyone who knows my father, Henry Manning, knows what a great father and great teacher looks like.
From instilling a work ethic to loving young people to serving others, I have learned so many lessons from him. Retiring from Sloss Industries after more than 35 years to come and work at Bagley, my dad has left a legacy of love and respect with the students and staff at our feeder pattern elementary. Students who have come here ask me if I am kin to Mr. Henry, the man with the peppermints. They tell me what a good man he is . . . how much he cared about them when they thought others didn't, how he made them behave and make better choices, how he encouraged them, and how he gave them responsibility that made them feel important.
Yes. That sounds like my dad. He is a great teacher. He has forgotten more than I will ever know, and I have three college degrees. He can fix almost anything. He is stubbornly unable to quit, sit down, rest . . . even when he needs to. He wants what is best for his family and that includes his school family.
It is true that in the trades of Mr. Mannings (I taught and coached there for seven years), Bagley Elementary has THE BEST Mr. Manning there now. I don't think I will find a single soul that would disagree with that.
So . . . to all you DADS out there . . . thank you for being great teachers to the young men and women in our schools! To round this out, below is a Twitter thread posted today by New York Jets quarterback, Josh McCown. Follow it from top to bottom. It illustrates today's blog topic perfectly!
Just got through standing in line at the grocery store. As the clerk scanned items and passed them to the young man to bag they began to pile up because he wasn’t bagging them as quickly as the clerked preferred.
No comments:
Post a Comment