Remembering Sister Jean Dolores
Remembering Sister Jean Dolores, my elementary school teacher
The world will never again see another person like Sister Jean Dolores. God poured out upon her a special share of the Holy Spirit, which gave her the energy, wisdom, and foresight to see far ahead of the rest of us.
I was privileged to have been taught by Sister Jean Dolores at St. Charles Borromeo parish school in North Hollywood back in the 1940s when she was a young and dynamic teacher full of life, joy, and smiles. She taught me in the 8th grade where there were 70 students in the one classroom, and she was the only teacher.
I am still amazed with the way she motivated all of us to learn that we had no discipline problems in the classroom. Any little whisper, she was at your desk with that look — and you never spoke out of turn again.
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