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Teacher Keeps Promise to Send Letters Students Wrote to Themselves 20 Years Ago

Teacher Keeps Promise to Send Letters Students Wrote to Themselves 20 Years Ago
For the past four decades, a Saskatchewan high school English teacher has kept his commitment to thousands of former students by mailing them all a handwritten letter they had written to themselves as high school freshmen, to be read by their eyes only when they reached adulthood.

For the past four decades, a Saskatchewan high school English teacher has kept his commitment to thousands of former students by mailing them all a handwritten letter they had written to themselves as high school freshmen, to be read by their eyes only when they reached adulthood.

The 72-year-old retired teacher has spent countless hours tracking down students who've long grown up, moved away from home and married, using social media and good old-fashioned detective work. This year especially, former students' Facebook news feeds have been awash with people delighted — and surprised — to actually get the letters.

(READ the story in the National Post)

 

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