Results: A Promise Made 4 Years Ago Makes The First Day Of School Special For These Twins

With the start of a new school year, a trio of Longueuil Quebec police officers fulfilled a promise they made four years ago. In 2014, Sergeant Detective Sébastien Glaude passed away after a battle with cancer. At the time his twin boys, William and Tristan were only about 1-year-old. Prior to his death, after receiving the bad news about his condition, Glaude shared a message with his fellow officers. All he asked them, explained Sergeant Dominic Ahier was "Guys, could you take my boys to their first day of school in a police car." So this week, as the boys were ready to head out to their first day of Kindergarten, Sergeant Ahier, Sergeant Philippe Tessier and Sergeant Detective Yanick Bissonnette showed up at their home, ready to make their late colleague's wish come true, and probably brought tears to their mother's eyes and joy to these little boys' hearts. Do you think this was an amazing thing for these officers to do?

Last school year grade 8 science teacher, Rick O'Brien, at Central High School in Virginia promised his students he would go skydiving if they did well on their Standards Of Learning tests, and in June he indeed kept his promise. Many of his students gathered to witness their beloved teacher skydive (for the very first time) and true to his word, he did. He said he wanted to let his students know you can do anything if you set your mind to it. Do you think this is a novel idea to encourage students to succeed?

Both of these stories have a lot in common. They both are centered on promises made and kept, role models (as teachers and police officers) and of course, school. I know when I went to school, what I learned was secondary to the impressions my teachers and other students made on me. I learned to love the written word from my favorite English teacher, and how a kind teacher saw the potential in me that I had not discovered myself yet. Do you think that it is the little things like this that children remember more than the actual lessons learned in school?

My favorite quote about education comes from Margaret Mead: "Children must be taught how to think, not what to think." Do you like this quote or any of these others from this small list?