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[my_window_seat]

Wow. Just - wow.


Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 19:33:21 -0700
Subject: THANK YOU
From: "JZ" <******@comcast.net>
To: *****@yahoo.com

DEAR DEBRA,

YOUR KIND WORDS WERE ALMOST OVERWHELMING. I WOULD
NEVER HAVE DESCRIBED MYSELF OR MY CLASSROOM IN THE
GLOWING TERMS YOU USED. HOWEVER, I'M GLAD THAT WHAT
I DID WAS SUCH A POSITIVE EXPERIENCE FOR YOU.

AS YOU MAY KNOW, MY WIFE PASSED AWAY SEVERAL YEARS
AGO FROM LEUKEMIA. SHORTLY THEREAFTER I RETIRED, BUT
I STILL SPEND A FAIR AMOUNT OF TIME IN THE CLASSROOM.
IN FACT, FROM LAST SEPTEMBER TO JANUARY I WAS TEACHING
ENGLISH IN TAIWAN. THIS COMING WEEKEND I WILL RETURN
THERE FOR A ONE-MONTH SUMMER ENGLISH PROGRAM. I
MIGHT BE THERE SOMEWHAT LONGER IF ONE OF THE REGULAR
TEACHERS CAN'T RETURN IN TIME TO BEGIN THE NEW SCHOOL-
YEAR DUE TO HER MOTHER'S ILLNESS.

BETWEEN SHORT-TERM TEACHING ASSIGNMENTS AND QUITE
A BIT OF TRAVEL, I'M GONE ALMOST AS MUCH AS I'M AT HOME.

I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU AGAIN. WHAT LEVEL OF
TEACHING ARE YOU CONSIDERING, WHERE ARE YOU ATTENDING
SCHOOL? ETC., ETC.

AGAIN THANK YOU FOR YOUR MESSAGE. IT MEANT A GREAT
DEAL TO ME.

MY VERY BEST WISHES FOR YOUR FUTURE,

JZ

Comments

[flemco.livejournal.com]

Just tell me this isn't an English Professor typing in all caps.

[my-window-seat.livejournal.com]

Heh. Middle school teacher. And dis not on Mr. Z - I'd have to pop a cap in yo' ass.

[sparklypelt.livejournal.com]

Awesome. I'm still in touch with the only still-living scholar who made a difference in my childhood education too. Very cool.