# Thank a Teacher

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-a-teacher/591356>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 3, 2011, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-a-teacher/591356 "2011-08-03T19:38:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2011, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-a-teacher/591356/21 "2011-08-05T04:38:27Z")

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\*\*Do guidance counselors count? \*\*

I was a high school dropout. Found my way back to school, then community college. I thought if I was lucky I’d eventually get a Bachelors from a state school.

At the end of a semester, I was waiting for my counselor late on the Friday of a holiday weekend. Bill (a different counselor) was walking out with his hat and coat. He saw me, saw I was still waiting, paused (I still remember seeing him do the time-calculus in his head), and asked if he could help me out instead or if I needed something in particular.

At the time I thought I just needed my next semester’s courses approved. But he didn’t just let it go with a few questions. He talked to me for almost an hour about what I was doing there, where I was going, etc.

Long story short: I am a high school dropout with a bachelors from Columbia University and a JD from Georgetown.  
Thanks, Bill.

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