A sad thing just happened for the first time

Kinja'd!!! "shop-teacher" (shop-teacher)
08/15/2016 at 09:57 • Filed to: None

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I just found out a former student of mine has passed away suddenly. She would’ve been a junior in high school this year. I don’t know any details about the circumstances. All I can say is she was a good kid, and she’s gone way too soon.

I guess I’m lucky that in eleven years of teaching, this is the first former student who has passed (that I know about anyways). I’ve never had to deal with this, and I’m surprised at how hard I’m taking it.

Life is fragile. I really just want to hug my daughters now.


DISCUSSION (9)


Kinja'd!!! $kaycog > shop-teacher
08/15/2016 at 10:00

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I’m so sorry. It’s so tragic that she was so young.


Kinja'd!!! CCC (formerly CyclistCarCoexist) > shop-teacher
08/15/2016 at 10:10

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Sorry about that...stuff happens..


Kinja'd!!! shop-teacher > $kaycog
08/15/2016 at 10:16

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Yeah, that’s the worst part.


Kinja'd!!! CTSenVy > shop-teacher
08/15/2016 at 10:17

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Wow, that’s tragic. I’ll keep you and her family in my thoughts.


Kinja'd!!! The Lurktastic Opponaught > shop-teacher
08/15/2016 at 10:50

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I'm very sorry to hear that.


Kinja'd!!! Phyrxes once again has a wagon! > shop-teacher
08/15/2016 at 10:56

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That kind of news is the worst. It happened to me my first year teaching so I will assure you that your feelings are completely normal. The student was going to be out for routine ACL surgery so I had prepped all the material he was going to miss. I was out of town for the weekend and I get home Sunday night to answering machine message from my Principal that the student had an allergic reaction to the anesthesia and passed in the OR.

I took it harder than his classmates but I attribute that to their graduating class lost a classmate a year from 7th to 12th grade.


Kinja'd!!! davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > shop-teacher
08/15/2016 at 11:22

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Damn... sorry for the loss.


Kinja'd!!! shop-teacher > Phyrxes once again has a wagon!
08/15/2016 at 11:29

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That is rough :(


Kinja'd!!! shop-teacher > CTSenVy
08/15/2016 at 11:29

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Thank you.