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| On Facebook, telling teachers |
| On Facebook, telling teachers how much they meant
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 14-July-2010
4:4:39 AM |
| Darci Hemleb Thompson had been on the lookout for Alice D'Addario for many years. From her home in Hampton, Va., Ms. Thompson, 49, who is married and has a 12-year-old daughter, was determined to find Ms. D'Addario on the Internet. She tried every search engine and networking site she could find.
About 18 months ago she hit the jackpot.
"Nice to see one of the greatest teachers of all time on Facebook!" Ms. Thompson wrote on Ms. D'Addario's wall. "I love to go to your page just to see your smiling face. Even your eyes still smile. You are an amazing person!"
Ms. D'Addario was Ms. Thompson's Advanced Placement history teacher at Walt Whitman High School in Huntington Station, on Long Island, in 1977.
"She had such a huge impact on my life as a young adult," Ms. Thompson said, describing her tumultuous teenage years living with two alcoholic parents and experiencing early symptoms of multiple sclerosis.
"I was depressed and so sad and so isolated, and she reached out and saved me," Ms. Thompson added. "Facebook gave me the chance to tell her, 'You're the one who pulled me through.' "
At a time when public school teachers are being blamed for everything from poor test scores to budget crises, Facebook is one place where they are receiving adulation, albeit delayed.
The site has drawn more attention as a platform for adolescent meanness and bullying, and as a vehicle for high school and college students to ruthlessly dissect their teachers. But people who are 20, 30 or 40 years beyond graduation are using Facebook to re-establish relationships with teachers and express gratitude and overdue respect.
Brad Scharff, 49, a finance manager at Time Inc. who knew Ms. D'Addario through her role as the junior class adviser, also reconnected with her online.
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