Sensitivity and learning a lesson..
Years later she has never forgotten the sensitivity of her second grade teacher.
Here’s the story... as a tiny tot in school, Judy Schlekewy had noticed her friend had left her lunch money sitting in their locker area. And she couldn’t resist the temptation.
She took it.
But then she was consumed with hiding the stolen coins.
First under some stuff on her desk.
Then inside her desk.
Then under some cloth.
And on and on...
But she hadn’t been caught.
Or had she?
When the other little girl tearfully explained to the teacher that she had lost her lunch money, the teacher might have figured out what had happened.
But she didn’t accuse anyone.
Although she did encourage the money to be returned or “found”.
And little seven year old Judy, who was feeling guilty, made sure it was found.
But she spent an awful night worrying that the teacher would tell her parents and her friend what had happened.
The next day Judy showed up at school, waiting for the worst... but the teacher just announced that the money had been found.
And Judy recalled that she was so grateful for that reprieve that she has never stolen anything again!
A wise decision by a teacher led to a lovely “grown-up” lady.
:)
Oh No! You lost your “Hello Kitty” lunch box?
A report came in to the Cannon Falls Police Department that a pink “Hello Kitty” lunch box was sitting on a street corner. (In some places of this country you might be concerned and call the Bomb Squad!)
Officer Joshua Colvard located the lunchbox which appeared to have been dropped by a young student after getting off the school bus. Officer Colvard traced the name on the lunch box to an address in the area and the lunchbox was returned.
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