Imagine This: You’re a fifth-grader and it’s Field Day at your school. This is your fourth race of the day and only a handful of students are still running. You want to keep running, but you have a problem the other runners don’t have. You have cerebral palsy. So what do you do? Do you keep running or not?
Who: You’re Matt Woodrum, a fifth-grader at Colonial Hills Elementary School.
What: The 400-meter race during Field Day at your school.
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Where: Colonial Hills Elementary School in Worthington, Ohio
When: Wednesday May 16, 2012
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This is a story of courage and determination, passion, and compassion.
This is your fourth race of the day and as several students pass you on their second lap around the course, your teacher, John Blaine walks over to check on you.
During your second lap, your teacher is at your side, and suddenly so are many of your classmates who encourage you to keep going. Clapping and running by your side, they begin to yell in unison, “Let’s go, Matt! Let’s go!”
And you do keep going--you keep going till you cross the finish line!
This is one of those “feel-good” stories where everyone is a hero! You’re a hero for never giving up, your teacher is a hero because he’s by your side encouraging you, and your classmates are heroes because they rally behind you and cheer you on.
What a great lesson for the rest of us--when we support each other, everybody wins! This is humanity at its best!
We can all be encouragers each in our own way. Thank you, Matt and John and all Matt’s classmates who were there to support and encourage each other!
“The time is always right to do what is right.”
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
For More about Matt Woodrum:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcXG5IuRExY&feature=results_main&playnext=1&list=PLF0CAB11E5F859F44
Something to Think about: Why do you think Matt’s classmates rallied behind him? What would you have done in that situation?
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