How does that old saying go about teachers? I'm sure I will butcher it, but here goes... "No one knows how far the influence of a teacher may go." Or something like that. Teachers have created the greatness in all us. Thank you teachers for creating greatness - you know who you are on this list. You are my historical teachers. And this virtual student appreciates the free lessons. ;-} Have a good semester if you are heading back to your F2F students. Lonny Watro ----- Original Message ----- From: "Excalibur131" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 9:43 AM Subject: Re: Great/Important Virginian > Sometimes we tend to think of greatness and importance by the sweeping > changes they made or by major events that affected all our lives. My > nomination doesn't seems to fit the norm. > > Miss Ethel M. Gildersleeve. > b. 2 Dec 1898, Newport News, VA > d. 24 Nov 1991, Newport News, VA > > For more than seven decades, Miss Gildersleeve touched the lives of > schoolchildren. She was a teacher, high school administrator, and in > retirement an advocate for students. She earned more, much more than > plaques, certificates, and world renown -- she earned students love. > > She graduated from Newport News High School in 1916 and left the city for > Farmville State Teacher's College -- now Longwood College. She returned to > Newport News High School in 1920 to teach math. By 1932 she had risen to > the > position of Dean of Girls -- but even the boys felt her influence. Along > the > way, she earned a Master's Degree from Columbia University. She became > Assistant Principal before retirement in 1964. > > She was loved by all and gave all of herself. The number of lives she > touched is beyond calculation. Her giving, her concern, her dedication, > her > very life went so far beyond those expected of a teacher. She gave from > her > heart and those who knew her remember her as a Great and Important > Virginian. > > In a 1977 interview Miss Gildersleeve said, "No adult has the right to say > a > child is doomed. We mustn't give up on our children." This is her legacy. > > Tom > Royalty to Rogues > http://www.l-dunaway.net/ > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions > at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html