This Teacher Gets It!

This morning I felt like weeping when a teacher, who teaches one of the subjects in my child's grade 3 class, said the TWO WORDS during a simple exchange of conversation when I asked her about an upcoming test in her class. She said "Communication Log". She asked me if my child doesn't have a communication log yet where she could be writing down ongoing topics and upcoming tests. None of that mattered to me except she said out aloud "Communication Log"! I stopped myself from hugging her right on the spot but I thanked her for showing that she knows the language which parents of children with disability come to adopt as soon as they know that their child with disability is entering school age. This teacher does not know how much she contributed in just that moment towards rebuilding my trust in people sharing her profession. Sometimes, that's all we need to know and trust that our children will be in good hands when they enter school grounds - that the staff knows what that child is about, what he/she must have to support her/him to do their best at school. Now, that's a Teacher! I simply had to come back home and write this down because I want parents out there to know that there are teachers like her and we should continue to believe that they are there for our children. There's always going to be those who are in there for their own agenda but when I meet one like her, I want to tell you all about how much it meant to me and my child.