A lesson that should be taught in all schools ... and colleges.

Back in September 2005, on the first day of school, Martha Cothren, a social studies school teacher at Robinson High School, did something not to be forgotten.

On the first day of school, with the permission of the school superintendent, the principal and the building supervisor, she removed all of the desks out of her classroom.

When the first period kids entered the room they discovered that there were no desks.

'Ms.. Cothren, where're our desks?'

She replied, 'You can't have a desk until you tell me how you earn the right to sit at a desk.'

They thought, 'Well, maybe it's our grades.'

'No,' she said.

'Maybe it's our behavior.'

She told them, 'No, it's not even your behavior.'

And so, they came and went, the first period, second period, third period.

Still no desks in the classroom.

By early afternoon television news crews had started gathering in Ms.Cothren's classroom to report about this crazy teacher who had taken all the desks out of her room.

The final period of the day came and as the puzzled students found seats on the floor of the deskless classroom, Martha Cothren said, 'Throughout the day no one has been able to tell me just what he/she has done to earn the right to sit at the desks that are ordinarily found in this classroom.

Now I am going to tell you.'

At this point, Martha Cothren went over to the door of her classroom and opened it.

Twenty-seven (27) War Veterans, all in uniforms, walked into that classroom, each one carrying a school desk. The Vets began placing the school desks in rows, and then they would walk over and stand alongside the wall... By the time the last soldier had set the final desk in place those kids started to understand, perhaps for the first time in their lives, just how the right to sit at those desks had been earned..

Martha said, 'You didn't earn the right to sit at these desks. These heroes did it for you.

They placed the desks here for you. Now, it's up to you to sit in them. It is your responsibility to learn, to be good students, to be good citizens. They paid the price so that you could have the freedom to get an education.

Don't ever forget it.'

Please consider passing this along so others won't forget that the freedoms we have in this great country were earned by War Veterans.

 

good one herb and still lots take that for granted

 

Amen to that brother.
Too many people every day take the freedoms they enhoy they may say war is stupid out protesting and what not but how the hell do they think that they got that freedom to say that and picket with that sign just didnt happen just doesnt come naturally. Some brave soul fought and died for that right and there are so many more willing to fight and die so that we as a nation can keep the freedoms that we so do enjoy but take for granted every day so from me to all of the members of this forum and all of those outside of it i would just like to say.................

A BIG THANK YOU TO ALL WHO ARE SERVING AND THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED IN THE ARMED FORCES THAT HELP KEEP AND PROTECT THE RIGHTS THAT WE SO DO ENJOY EACH AND EVERY DAY OF THIS GREAT NATION OF OURS THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO OUT THERE.

GOD BLESS THE USA

 

Good post herb and jack.

 

Great post,

 

thanks herb we all need to be reminded of the great country that we live in and the great sacrifice that our men & women of our armed forces made while in the service of our country they are well appreciated by myself and many other americans that enjoy the freedom that we have and enjoy everyday

 

Awesome, didn't think that teachers could do that kind of stuff anymore with the ultra PC mind set that we are plagued with nowadays.