Teacher of the Week: Maria Truitt
LEARN MORE REPORTED HERE ON
WRAL NEWS. CHRIS, APPRECIATE
THAT.
>> OUR TEACHER OF THE WEEK
KNOWS A THING OR 2 ABOUT
OVERCOMING ODDS AS A YOUNG
CHILD EVENTUALLY GROWING UP TO
EARN AN UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE
AND A MASTERS. RICK GREENE
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN WAKE
COUNTY TO INTRODUCE YOU TO THIS
EDUCATOR KNOWN FOR HER CARING
COMPASSION AND DEDICATION,
>> WRITING DESCRIPTIONS ABOUT
ROXANNE.
>> A MOVIE A TRUE ITS
DEDICATION TO THE SUCCESSIVE
HER FIRST GRADE STUDENTS, A
GREEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN
RALEIGH. DON'T LEAVE OUT THE
ONLY WE DON'T LEAVE ANYBODY OUT
IS DRIVEN BY HEARD DEEP
COMMITMENT TO ENSURE NO CHILD
IS LEFT OUT OR LEFT BEHIND.
I WANTED TO BE THE TEACHER.
I NEVER HAD THAT. I NEEDED.
SCHOOL IS DIFFICULT FOR ME.
I WAS A SUIT WITH A DISABILITY
AS A CHILD MY TEACHERS WERE
ALWAYS THE MOST HELPFUL.
WE DIDN'T KNOW AS MUCH BACK
IN THE 90'S IN THE 80'S,
MISTER. IT WORKS EVERY DAY AND
WHAT SHE CALLS HER CLASSROOM
COMMUNITY AND CLASS WHO LEADER
FOLDED IN HALF OFFERING THE
LOVE, COMPASSION AND SUPPORT.
SHE DID NOT HAVE THAT. SHE WAS
THEIR AGE. WE LEARNED FROM OUR
PEOPLE AROUND US AND WE LEARN
FROM WHAT WE NEED. IT WAS
REALLY HARD FOR ME AT A LARGE
RETAIL AS AN ADULT TO THAT
IMAGE TO ITS AS EACH STUDENT
GETS TO PICK A BOOK, THEY WANT
TO LEARN HOW TO READ WHEN THEY
DO LISTEN TO HOW SHE DESCRIBES
THAT SENSE OF ACCOMPLISHMENT
WHEN THEY PICK UP THAT FIRST
BOOK AND START READING. IT IS
MAGIC ALL THESE YEARS LATER
WHEN THEY START TO READ.
AND THEY FEEL AND THEY OWN IN
THEIR SOUL. IT IS FOR THAT
MOMENT. EVERY DAY. MS TO IT.
WRAL'S TEACHER OF THE WEEK.
>> AND GIRLS GIVE HER A BIG
ROUND OF APPLAUSE. YOU WALK AND
HE GOES
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