Even the most experienced educator can learn from her mom. Dr. Lynne Moore, a Norwalk resident and principal of West Rocks Middle School, has just returned from visiting her mother Ruth, a former teacher herself, and says the 90 year-old taught her lessons she plans to weave into the coming school year.
I left with so much hope, said Moore, referring to the most important lesson she learned during her stay in the Chicago area. I want to instill that hope in my kids. We need to always ask if we can do more.
Moore and her mom hope to travel to Italy, an unfulfilled dream. In preparation, they visited the local health club to get her mother more active. Initially, she was fearful and presented every argument on why their plan might not work, Moore said.
Together, they defeated each fear. It wasnt too far. She didnt fall. She absolutely was safe and, yes, she completed her laps around the indoor track. By the end of their visit, her mom committed herself to repeating the laps once a week and Moore is investigating tours to Italy, she said.
You have to feel the fear but do it anyway, Moore said, remembering an adage she has tried to hold to herself during difficult times. She said it is an important lesson for her students as they look to the next school year, too.
The visit to the health club held an unexpected joy. Moores mother noticed one of the staff members and recognized him as a student she had had many years earlier in Head-Start, the pre-school program. Not only did she remember her former student, Moore said she also asked about his family, recalling each of their names.
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