http://www.mikepottersblog.com/2009/03/courage-in-the-public-schools/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=courage-in-the-public-schools On life, learning, love, and laughter. Sat, 14 Jan 2012 01:09:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.mikepottersblog.com/2009/03/courage-in-the-public-schools/comment-page-1/#comment-91 Evonne Wed, 11 Mar 2009 21:19:00 +0000 http://www.mikepottersblog.com/?p=34#comment-91 Sorry, I didn't know the teacher was a man... Sorry, I didn’t know the teacher was a man…

]]> http://www.mikepottersblog.com/2009/03/courage-in-the-public-schools/comment-page-1/#comment-90 KerryKay Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:00:00 +0000 http://www.mikepottersblog.com/?p=34#comment-90 We do love that boy! I have been involved in several conversations with adults lately discussing the balance between living such quiet lives that we don't say anything about the hope within us and being so "in your face" with the message that we totally offend others. Taylors seems to have figured out already how to strike the right balance. Yea, Taylor! Yea, teacher! And BIG YEA, God! We do love that boy! I have been involved in several conversations with adults lately discussing the balance between living such quiet lives that we don’t say anything about the hope within us and being so “in your face” with the message that we totally offend others. Taylors seems to have figured out already how to strike the right balance. Yea, Taylor! Yea, teacher! And BIG YEA, God!

]]> http://www.mikepottersblog.com/2009/03/courage-in-the-public-schools/comment-page-1/#comment-89 Evonne Wed, 11 Mar 2009 15:56:00 +0000 http://www.mikepottersblog.com/?p=34#comment-89 I am proud of Taylor too. His quiet, humble, kind, and attentive way of moving about the world give him special credibility. Self-aggrandizing is not in Taylor's bag of tricks, so his teacher can have great confidence in the sincerity of Taylor's faith. As a believer she should also have naturally and sincerely responded as she did to her sweet brother in Christ with edifying words appropriate for the moment. I don't necessarily imagine that it took "courage" for her to do so. I imagine that her encouragements to Taylor were confidently expressed with concern for and delight only in his young faith with no thought of herself and any negative consequences. She was also "safe" in the hands of Taylor, as we all are. I am thankful that she is teaching and is caring for children. I am proud of Taylor too. His quiet, humble, kind, and attentive way of moving about the world give him special credibility. Self-aggrandizing is not in Taylor’s bag of tricks, so his teacher can have great confidence in the sincerity of Taylor’s faith. As a believer she should also have naturally and sincerely responded as she did to her sweet brother in Christ with edifying words appropriate for the moment. I don’t necessarily imagine that it took “courage” for her to do so. I imagine that her encouragements to Taylor were confidently expressed with concern for and delight only in his young faith with no thought of herself and any negative consequences. She was also “safe” in the hands of Taylor, as we all are. I am thankful that she is teaching and is caring for children.

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