This 10-year-old boy’s note to his teacher will warm your heart
A 10-year-old boy’s thoughtful act of kindness has gone viral on Facebook after his teacher shared a photo of the letter he gave her.
The letter reads, “My mom told me why we have no school on Friday and Thursday,” referring to the two-day teacher strike currently underway at his school in West Virginia in the US. The young boy also included a $5 note as his way of helping.
“When I sat at my desk this morning, I found the note below, $ attached, and neatly folded on top of my desk,” teacher Shannon Franks Dinges wrote on Facebook.
“I had to fight back tears as I called the student to my desk and graciously thanked him for his generosity and kindness (and tried to return his money). He just wanted to help … and just like that I am reminded (in the midst of all the turmoil in our education system right now) why I go to school every day; why I love my job.”
Shannon was left wondering how a 10-year-old boy could better understand and be more compassionate to a teacher’s needs than the state’s elected leaders.
But as touched as she was by the boy’s gesture, Shannon simply couldn’t keep the boy’s pocket money.
“He adamantly refused to take the money back,” she added. “I had to hide it in a thank you card that I waited to give him until he was walking out the door this afternoon… I swore it was just a thank you card and asked him to wait and open when he got home.”
The heartwarming post has earnt over 5,300 reactions, 4,600 shares and almost 450 comments at the time of writing.
Image credit: Shannon Franks Dinges/Facebook.