When I saw this video yesterday, I just had to share it. Two boys have an opportunity to hurt someone. One chooses instead to help him.
As Mr. Rogers, one of the greatest advocates ever for children, counseled us that we need to help children "see the helpers". This has brought memories to me of some teachers who were "helpers".
One was an older woman who was my fifth grade teacher in Athens, Georgia. Our family moved there in the middle of the school year so my dad could attend the Naval Supply School there. It was 1960, right before the schools were going to be integrated. I had lived in California and never been