Opinion – Judy Harris — Oh, those wonderful children of my students

“Every child you encounter is a divine appointment.” Wess Stafford

One of the joys of teaching non-traditional students at the collegiate level is in meeting their children. During my years on the Thomas More College faculty, I had mothers of preschool and elementary school age children in my classes. These women would often have been volunteers in their children’s classrooms or paraprofessionals in those schools…and then wondering if they, too, could be fully certified teachers. They were wonderful students who with a little encouragement would find they were well-suited for the role academically and personally.

Sometimes an advising appointment would include one of their young children for a variety of reasons. That was why my bottom desk drawer had lots of plastic figures to create zo