5-10-2019

Mary’s Minute

“A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.”

                                                                                             ~ Henry Adams

We get up each morning and go about our normal business.  We interact with people on a daily basis.  Sometimes we see a reaction immediately and know that we have made a difference in some way.  Other times we just go about doing our thing not really knowing if it made a difference.  People who work with students – everyone who works at Perry Central, does not know where their influence stops.  All we can do is do our best to do the right things for our students, but the impact we have is not always immediate.

My cousin, Dan Thurmon, poses the question, “Who is in your audience?”  We never know who is paying attention to what we are doing.  People who work with students know who we have in our audience every single day – the future.  Our students are paying attention to what we do even when we do not realize that they are listening or watching.

It is motivating and also scary.  I am so proud to work with the great group of people at Perry Central (bus drivers, cooks, teachers, instructional assistants, office personnel, maintenance and custodians).  As these great people go about their day to day work students are watching and listening.  You make a difference!  During this “Appreciation Week” I am proud to think of the influence the people who work at Perry Central have on the future.  You never know where your influence stops.  What you do today may not be realized until tomorrow or even years from now, but you are truly affecting eternity.

                                                                                  Have a great week!

                                                                                                     Mary