I got this email yesterday from Dr. Mandy Heddle, who teaches in a high-achieving British International School. I have permission to share the story, but I’ll not name the school so as to stay out of their Google searches.
I wanted to share with you that I have a student I have mentored since she was 11 and she is now 17. She is off the charts smart, even for our school, and I can’t wait to see what she does with her life. Very quirky and gothic with a very dark sense of humour. She has won countless awards and accolades, from poetry to mathematics and she could not care less. She slouches up to the stage each assembly and mumbles her thanks. However, I have never seen her utter amazement and joy when her Yacapaca badge arrived in the mail. She was stunned that it actually came and she couldn’t be more proud. It made her week. So thank you so much for such a great programme that makes my students so happy.
Of course I was grinning from ear to ear after reading this. Stories like this are absolutely what make it all worthwhile.
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