Eighth grade is one of the most exciting years before your off to High School and on your own. Its the year you can still act like a little kid and not be look at like your a freak, but for me it was a very devastating year. One filled with tears and pain, with wondering why and wishing it would have never happened. I wont EVER forget Mrs.Kemic (Mrs. K as we all called her) was my English teacher, she was down to earth and very caring of her students. She saw us as her own children as she had none, and she did indeed feel like a second mother to all of us. We could have been in mid lesson and if one of us was in a problem she would make sure you were fine, how do I know this? I was one of those children, i still remember that morning like it happened last week. I woke up and was in terrible physical pain but I still went to school. In homeroom I was still feeling like it wasn't going to be a good day and of that I was right. After just finding out a couple of days before that my father had engaged in an extramarital affair, seeing what pain it caused in my mom and it was devastating to me as well. I had held back so much, i had not cried or told anyone about this, I had kept it all in and it was taking its toll on me. That morning was going to be very hard of that i was sure. The only person that i trusted with my secret was Mrs. K, and I had made up my mind in homeroom, I didn't attend first period and went to tell her about my situation. She stood outside of her classroom with me in her arm
s balling and telling her what was wrong, although she had to go back in to class and teach, she made sure i was taken care of. She personally took me to the schools physiologist and made sure ALL day that i was fine, she even contacted me at home to make sure I was alright. And the above and beyond part that was more than any teacher that had taught me previously was that once again she made sure I was alright by speaking with her for that whole week and well not to brag she bought me breakfast all those mornings( did I mention I was her T.A. as well,) and her kindness and motherly instincts didnt stop there, she made sure that I was better and she was kind enough to invite me to her wedding!!!! So this is why Mrs. Stephanie Kemic was the second mother that I loved and still do, she is the best teacher I have ever had and I will surely not forget her...
