If you haven’t been paying attention, the Omicron strain of the Covid virus is spreading everywhere. Many people are getting this virus, including teachers. So, it was not a surprise when a massive amount of teachers in the St. Louis School District began calling in sick. The district needed substitute teachers in droves. This story became a headline story on the evening news in St. Louis. Most people who were watching, probably commented, “good luck finding subs during a pandemic.”
Harrison Bader is a member of the St. Louis Cardinals. In fact, he won a gold glove last year for his exceptional play in the outfield. In early January, Harrison watched the same story on the evening news. Instead of making the same comments that most people probably did, he decided to help. He volunteered to become a substitute physical education teacher at Meramec Elementary School.
The administration did not tell the children ahead of time. It was just kind of a surprise. The kids were surprised to see a major league baseball player become their teacher for a day. Harrison played with the kids, imparted some life lessons and signed autographs. It was rewarding for him and also for the kids. Pretty cool story.
Your Turn: What lessons can we learn from this story?
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The lesson that we can learn from this is that fame does not necessarily mean everything, there are times we as individuals need to step up and support one another during the toughest times no matter who we are. This also shows who Harrison is as an individual, he took control and stepped up for the school district, this could teach others to do the same.
This story taught me that you should always do good deeds, even if you are not recognized for them. Vader realized that his community needed subs, and instead of standing by, he took action and became a sub. He may not have known if he was going to be put in a story, but he did it anyways.
To always take action no matter what the mean or cost is
You should always try and do good for your community no matter what times we are in
We can learn that it doesn’t matter what other people say, you need to think and make your own decisions. Also, no matter what is going on, if you can help you should do it
We learn that not only can we do something good for others but we learn that we can always step in when needed
We can learn that famous people can still reach out and touch the younger generation and make a difference. It shows that you’re not too good to be a role model and remember that you were once a little child looking up to athletes.
This story teaches an important lesson about doing what you can to help others. Although he wasn’t required to help out as a substitute teacher, he still did because he knew it was the right thing to do. He also knew the impact he could make through this positive action. This is an important lesson in selflessness.
This story shows that no matter how famous you become, you always can help out your community, especially in times of need.
To me this shows how famous you can be there is still room to give back to your home town or the people
The story shows that when other people ignore a problem you should take initiative and fix it
I think it shows that if u see a problem that is fixable and you can do something about it, do it.
A lesson we could learn from this story is that even if you’re famous or not you can still do stuff for people and help people out.
We can learn that sometimes small acts of kindness are all a person needs to have a good day. That it is important to help the youth and be kind to all.
From this story, we can learn that people shouldn’t always sit by and wait for something bad to happen and that if they jump in they can stop it and save people from a lot of problems.
The lesson we can learn from this story is that fame doesn’t mean you’re better than anyone else and that in a time of need, people need to support and step up and do good for their communities and this shows that Harrison showed good character and others should try it too.
From this story, we can learn that people shouldn’t always sit in their fame and act above those not as wealthy as them but interact and help them.