Chad Holland
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Re:Any Word - 2008/03/30 08:46
I had Mrs. Croft in Second grade and I loved her class. But I remember Mrs. Ashley seemed so nice and all the kids in her class were like her own children. She seemed like one of those teachers that was custom built for Elementary, she was so nice. If some little punk gave her trouble on the playground you felt bad, like they were acting up with your own mother.
I guess something this tragedy reminds us is that sadly, not everyone can have as effective a driver's ed teacher as Mr. Ashley. I can tell you if every school did, the roads would be a whole lot safer.
For the seemingly small portion of drivers on the road today that he instructed, those of us who learned from him are a cut above (in my opinion anyway). And I feel like I can say that because I spend more time on the road than I like to think about. And every day it seems I am dismayed by the careless driving habits of 'the other guy'.
I guarantee this though: People are alive today that would otherwise not be if he weren't such an effective... and uh..... intimidating driving instructor. No doubt in my mind.
Here's a Mr. Ashley story. I bet a lot of us have one similiar:
When I was 16 and new to the road (and fresh out of his driver's ed class, no less) I passed a school bus that was stopped with it's lights on, loading some kids. I don't know what I was thinking. I knew I messed up even as I passed. I looked at the driver when I went by..... yeah, it was Mr. Ashley. D'OH!
When he saw me later that day, he didn't get in my face. He just told me calmly that if I ever did that again, it would cost me some money.
I'm 31 years old and to this day if I see a school bus stopped (I don't care if it's in a wide open parking lot) you couldn't MAKE me drive around it. I remember that encounter every single time I see those flashing lights!
I don't remember any stories about Ms Hanna. Aside from the fact that she was a very upbeat person and seemed to love her job. I DO remember being uber grateful when she let me set up her brand new, smoking fast, i386 33mhz PC w/ an 80mb hard drive and 4mb of RAM when it was bought for the Library. That thing was the bomb diggity!
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