September 14, 2013: Benefit of Doubt
The story below was sent out as an attachment to this week's St. Wenceslaus school newsletter. I thought it was a great reminder and worth sharing. As a student, I always knew where I stood with my parents when it came to accusations made sbout teachers: They (the teachers) were right and I was wrong until proven otherwise. And proof wasn't solely my first hand account. My parents wise approach, like Mr. Rosemond's, was a good lesson for me in independently working through conflict and not making excuses. ______________________________________________________________________ Published Tuesday September 10, 2013 Omaha World Herald JOHN ROSEMOND: Give a teacher’s report the benefit of doubt The statute of limitations has expired concerning the following tale, so I can finally tell it. In October of my now 40-something-year-old son Eric’s seventh-grade year, he informed me that he was probably going to get a D, maybe even an F, in English on his upcoming report ...