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This is such a hard question, having grown up with across the board such excellent teachers. I have to go way back, for not necessarily an impact in the sense of a change of thinking, drive, or something of that nature, but an act of kindness above and beyond, in my mind. Second grade, Virginia Strawderman. I was 6, and going through the process of being adopted, and she, after only having me in her class for 5 months or so, took a week of leave, vacation, whatever it might have been called, to go to court with my family and I. This still amazes me, and she followed my progress, and we kept in touch, all through the remaining years of my education, and beyond. She just passed 6 years ago, at the age of 98. I remember feeling so special, that not only was I being adopted, but that my teacher was there for it also. I am eternally grateful to her, and have feelings that are very hard to describe.
Chels, thx for the topic, is a very nice thing to remember those special people that shaped us for nine months a yearand beyond.