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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDylan Hockley died in Anne Marie Murphy's (teachers aide) arms...
CT Post
By Tom Cleary
December 17, 2012
Dylan, 6, had special needs, his family said Monday. And Murphy was his "amazing" aide, they said. He loved her, pointing happily to her photo on the Hockley's refrigerator every day.
http://www.ctpost.com/news/article/Dylan-Hockley-died-in-Anne-Marie-Murphy-s-arms-4122828.php
Many heroes at that school. Many little angels too.
Shivering Jemmy
(900 posts)Dying inside.
roguevalley
(40,656 posts)I taught first grade for eleven years. These kids are so good and so tiny.
sufrommich
(22,871 posts)every passing day. Fuck the NRA and their enablers.
ellie
(6,929 posts)Fuck the NRA and its supporters.
Shivering Jemmy
(900 posts)Can't process it. Can't handle it. How do people continue in face of this?
Little Star
(17,055 posts)coalition_unwilling
(14,180 posts)despair.
catbyte
(34,373 posts)sheshe2
(83,746 posts)I weep for all there beautiful souls.
TahitiNut
(71,611 posts)He couldn't be further WRONG!
God was there in Vicki Soto.
God was there in Anne Marie Murphy.
God was there in every act of love and self-sacrifice.
If that wasn't God, then any God that I'd call "God" just doesn't exist!
PA Democrat
(13,225 posts)11 Bravo
(23,926 posts)Well done, TahitiNut!
TahitiNut
(71,611 posts)I truly appreciate your generosity. Sometimes, not always or even enough, I tap into my KSOTO*.
* KSOTO: Keen Sense Of The Obvious
roguevalley
(40,656 posts)Dustlawyer
(10,495 posts)I cannot remember! Something about them being moochers, union thugs, lazy... They all attempted to sacrifice themselves for these children. I would wager that very few of those corrupt politicians would do the same! My daughter was a 2nd grade teacher before having a son with Downs Syndrome. Now she stays home. She was paid so little that her quitting did not change the finances much since she no longer paid a baby sitter for 2 children. She worked 7:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., plus extra when grading more tests, or updating lesson plans, or doing something special for the class. She paid out of pocket for most of her teaching materials b/c Texas is a joke for education. They are making Public Education so bad, parents will want their damn Charter schools and voucher crap. The greedy bastards only want to think about their own children and to hell with the rest! I am sick of this corrupt country. The next time I hear about the "American Exceptionalism" I think I will puke! The only things we excell in are greed, selfishness, and corruption!
Little Star
(17,055 posts)liberalhistorian
(20,816 posts)stood up to the gunman and died protecting their students (many of whom were saved and will hopefully have full lives because of them), while the politicians who love to bash, trash and demonize them and their profession, and who've been gleefully stripping away their rights and what little salaries and benefits they had, cower and grovel before the NRA. I believe a sign at the anti-NRA rally at their D.C. headquarters on Monday said it best: "Teachers stand up to gunmen. Congress can't stand up to the gun lobby."
I grew up with teacher parents and was surrounded by educators, and I know that these angels were not an aberration, that it is what the vast majority of teachers would do for their students. I know my own parents would have. My mom taught at a juvenile reformatory for boys, where these kinds of situations were always possible, not to mention other less deadly but still dangerous situations and, during the times when she had a boy try to cause shit in class, didn't hesitate to protect the other students.
Brickbat
(19,339 posts)kids in their care, and they are good, good people. Reading this story, I pictured a particular child and his aide. I have no doubt she would do the same.
ChisolmTrailDem
(9,463 posts)was just announced on MSNBC.
Further horrific stories such as this must be avoided at all costs
Jennicut
(25,415 posts)They usually work one on one with special needs kids. I love doing it. RIP to this para and the little boy she tried to save.
coalition_unwilling
(14,180 posts)shall not have died in vain.
RIP
Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Why? I just can't believe this has happened. It is beyond tragic.
I am so sorry for all of them. It just breaks my heart to see all their faces and to see their funerals on television. I still can't get my mind around this.