SUCCESS.
SUCCESS. WE'LL HAVE THE LINK TO REGISTER
ON KENS FIVE DOT AN >> AIR
FORCE VETERAN IS SHAKING THINGS
UP AT WAGNER HIGH SCHOOL.
SHE HAS HER KID SITTING ON
THE GROUND OR IN THE TRENCHES
AS THEY SAY, LEARNING ABOUT
WORLD WAR ONE AND HOW TO
MANEUVER IN NO MAN'S LAND.
THAT'S ONLY THE BEGINNING FOR
THIS DUTSON IS THE HISTORY
TEACHER OUR KIDS FIVE EXCEL
WINNER THIS >> WEEK WE >> TAKE
THE COURAGE THAT YOU HAVE STOOD
UP EVERY MORNING IS SUCH AN
AUTHENTIC FEELING OF JUST
REACHING OUT AND TOUCHING
PEOPLE'S LIVES FOR AND TEACHING
IS NOT JUST A JOB, IT'S
PERSONAL AND NOW WE HAVE TO
TALK TO EACH OTHER.
I SENT THIS PICTURE OF ME WITH
THE SNOWMAN AND I SAID OK,
BRING IT ON.
THEY BROUGHT IT A SNOWMAN
CHALLENGE TO CHEER UP HER
HISTORY CLASS WHILE THEY WERE
STUCK AT HOME DURING THAT
WINTER STORM THEY BUILT OH KNOW
HE WAS SELLING THEY MADE A SNOW
SHIP.
SHIP.
SHIP. I
SHIP. I ENDED UP RECEIVING TWENTY
NINE SNOWMEN AND THEN WE HAD TO
LOOK UP THE HISTORY OF
THE SNOWMAN AND WE HAD PARENTS
REACHED OUT AND SAID YOU HAVE
NO IDEA THE HARDSHIPS THEY'VE
BEEN GOING THROUGH AND WE
WANTED TO DO MORE FOR STUDENTS
AND MY NEIGHBOR HAD PUT CHAINS
ON HIS TRUCK SO WE CAN GET FOOD
WATER TO THEM GETTING >> IT
DONE NO MATTER WHAT.
IT'S HOW SHE OPERATES OUTSIDE.
THERE WE GO AND INSIDE HER
WAGNER HIGH SCHOOL CLASSROOM.
LOOK AT THIS.
THIS IS THIS IS CRAZY.
THIS IS WHAT WE DID.
THE MONGOLS INSTEAD OF READING
IT THEY CREATED THIS AND ONE OF
THE STUDENTS ALWAYS SAY TO ME I
DON'T KNOW IF I CAN DO THIS AND
I GO BUT WHAT IF YOU CAN'T
WHERE THERE'S A WILL THERE'S A
WAY THROUGH PHILOSOPHY SINCE
SHE WAS JUST 20 YEARS OLD AND
JOINING THE AIR FORCE, I
LEARNED >> ALL DIFFERENT TYPES
OF JET ENGINES TO WORK WITH AND
THEN THERE WAS ONE.
BUT IT'S A TOP SECRET PROGRAM
WHERE THEY SAID IT'S A BRAND
NEW ENGINE COMING OUT AND IT
ENDED UP BEING APACHE AGE SIXTY
FOUR AND IT WAS ELITE GROUPS.
THEY WOULD SAY WELL WE DON'T
YOU KNOW YOU'RE A FEMALE AND I
THIS IS FOCUSING ON THIS AND I
SAID WELL WATCH ME THERE OTHER
TO BE THE ONLY ONE I WAS
THE ONLY ONE AT THAT TIME WE
WOULD GO ON TO WORK IN
AEROSPACE IS A JET ENGINE
MECHANIC FOR YEARS BEFORE
GETTING A JOB WITH THE SPECIAL
OLYMPICS AS A FIELDING EVENT.
STRADER NOT JOURNEY WOULD
INSPIRE HER TO GO BACK TO
SCHOOL AT THE AGE OF THIRTY
SEVEN TO GET A DEGREE AND BEGIN
TEACHING.
TEACHING.
TEACHING. I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE YOU JUST A
SMALL HONOR OUR KIDS FIVE EXCEL
.
.
. WE'RE
. WE'RE ADDING YET ANOTHER
ACCOMPLISHMENT TO HER ROSTER
NOW IT'S FOR THEM AND THAT'S
WHAT I COME HERE FOR BECAUSE
THEY INSPIRE ME.
WE'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU A CHECK
ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS OH OUR >>
KIDS LIFE CREDIT HUMAN EXCEL
AWARD >> AND ON TOP OF THAT
COACHING VARSITY SOFTBALL.
YEAH BUT OF EVERYTHING SHE HAS
ACHIEVED THIS THEY ALL
SUPPORTED THROUGHOUT THE UNITED
STATES THE MEDAL OF HONOR
CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
WORKING WITH THE CONGRESSIONAL
MEDAL OF HONOR HAS JUST OPENED
MY EYES IS VERY NEAR AND DEAR
TO HER HEART AND IT'S VERY
HUMBLING AND BRINGING IT BACK
BECAUSE SOME OF THEIR STORIES
YOU CAN RELATE TO OUR KIDS AND
IT'S HEARTFELT.
IT'S HEARTFELT. REEMA HAS MET MANY OF THESE WAR
HEROES THROUGH THIS PROGRAM
DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY FOR
TEACHERS AND SHE RETURNS TO
SHARE WITH HER CLASSROOM
FOCUSING ON CHARACTER BUILDING
SACRIFICE AND PATRIOTISM AND I
WANT TO INSPIRE THEM BECAUSE
THAT'S WHAT COUNTS IS THEM AND
THEN FOR THEM TO WALK OUT INTO
BELIEVING THEMSELVES TO FEEL
SAFE AND TO BE ABLE TO YOU
ENDURE WHATEVER IS THROWN AT
THEM IN LIGHT OF THE BEAUTY IF
YOU HAVE IT, DON'T TAKE SHE'S
SO GOOD AT WHAT SHE DOES.
SHE ACTUALLY ENDED UP DESIGNING
A MEDAL VOLUNTEER PROGRAM THAT
WAS MASS-PRODUCED TO ALL
TEACHERS AROUND THE COUNTRY AND
THEY'RE USING IT AS AN EXAMPLE
IN THEIR CLASSROOMS.
ONE MORE THING HERE WORTH
NOTING SHE'S ALSO THE PHYSICAL
THREE FOR KIDS WHO ARE WANTING
TO JOIN LAW ENFORCEMENT SO MUCH
TO TALK ABOUT BUT YOU CAN
ALWAYS CHECK IT OUT ON KENS
FIVE DOT