Devonotional

I feel terrible for complaining about how my class was cancelled last Thursday, now that I know why my teacher didn't let anyone know.

Let me start from the very beginning.

Sally Andrews had her 60th birthday on Tuesday, February 22. It was a completely normal class day, and she didn't tell any of us it was her birthday. I think we would have done something for her if she had, we all liked her a lot. Thursday was the snow day in which I drove down the steep hill with my balding tires. Not fun.
Fast forward to Sunday, my birthday, and I get an email saying that Sally is not contactable, and will not be completing the term. We will have a new teacher with us. Okay, that's strange. Did something happen to her in the snow? 

Fast forward again to last night. My other business teacher, Jack, tells our class, "Who here has had Sally Andrews as a professor? Well, I'm sorry to say that Sally isn't doing that great. You see, Thursday when we had all that snow, Sally woke up at 4am with an excruciating headache. She dialed 911 and her next door neighbors. But by the time the paramedics came her headache was out of control. Sally had suffered an aneurysm in her brain and has been in a coma since Thursday." 

Jack then went on to explain that there were a bunch of different rumors going on, and that the students deserve to know what is really going on with their beloved teacher. Knowing Sally, she wouldn't want us to be left in the dark. Sally lived by herself, but I'm sure she had a will established. She has an estranged brother from Idaho who is being a complete jerk and trying to gain ownership of Sally's belongings. Last I heard the person who is now in charge is a good friend of Sallys. 

Today in my business class, the one that Sally was supposed to teach, one of the counselors came in the talk to us. We were each given a little paper to write down our thoughts on Sally. 

I'm going to miss her. I was looking forward to taking more classes with her. She was one of the teachers I felt legitimately cared for her students. Sally would meet with students for lunch so they could practice interview skills, gave advice regarding different careers, and helped me look into some scholarship options. She lived in Egypt and worked 7 years as a marketing director for IBM in the Netherlands. I've heard from the other professors that when anyone wanted an opinion, they would ask Sally. She gave her honest opinion, but she also gave sound advice to fit the person she was working with.