I teach 3rd grade. One student always drew ugly pictures of me. She drew my big teeth, wild hair, and wrinkles. Other teachers laughed, \u201cShe\u2019s mocking you!\u201d I kept them anyway.<\/p>\n
On the last day of school, her last drawing made me freeze. She drew me with her. She also she wrote on the back: \u201cThis is you being nice to me when no one else was.\u201d<\/p>\n
I later learned she was being moved between foster homes that year. School was the only constant she had. And apparently, I was the only adult who smiled at her every morning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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