{"id":60757,"date":"2023-06-28T12:51:16","date_gmt":"2023-06-28T09:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/armenia23.ru\/?p=60757"},"modified":"2023-06-28T12:51:16","modified_gmt":"2023-06-28T09:51:16","slug":"returning-chorus-members-from-30-years-ago-give-a-musical-farewell-to-a-retiring-teacher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/armenia23.ru\/?p=60757","title":{"rendered":"Returning chorus members from 30 years ago give a musical farewell to a retiring teacher."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Being a teacher is a wonderful and significant profession. Those educators, whether they work in elementary, middle, high, or college settings, <\/p>\n<p>are forming and molding the brains of the following generation. Teachers have the power to and do have an impact on thousands of children during their careers.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/armenia23.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_4854-300x169.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-60758\" srcset=\"https:\/\/armenia23.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_4854-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/armenia23.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_4854-768x434.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/armenia23.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_4854-388x220.jpeg 388w, https:\/\/armenia23.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_4854.jpeg 940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After 30 years of teaching high school chorus in Georgia, Jim Stanley is retiring. Jim had an idea, though, <\/p>\n<p>so he didn&#8217;t put his chorus book and music down for good. He invited his past pupils to join his present students in song. According to a YouTube video, the teacher would have a musical send-off. <\/p>\n<p>The invitation reached hundreds of former students, not just a select few who came back to sing with Jim one last time. Jim had no idea the crowd would get so large.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/armenia23.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_4855-300x145.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"145\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-60759\" srcset=\"https:\/\/armenia23.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_4855-300x145.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/armenia23.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_4855-768x371.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/armenia23.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_4855-1024x495.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/armenia23.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_4855.jpeg 1084w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Jim stated, \u2018I announced it, went ahead, and scheduled it. \u2018I was going to have them sing with my current kids on our final concert of the year, <\/p>\n<p>and I was hoping I might be able to get 20, 25 kids to come back,\u2019 the teacher said. Then a few graduates really started a Facebook community, which week after week continued to grow.<\/p>\n<p>The students that returned to the Georgia high school weren&#8217;t only those who still reside nearby. <\/p>\n<p>They came from as far away as Texas, Chicago, and Canada, according to Cindy Harter Sims. People made <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/armenia23.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_4856-300x230.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"230\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-60760\" srcset=\"https:\/\/armenia23.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_4856-300x230.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/armenia23.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_4856.jpeg 679w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>every effort to halt what they were doing in order to give Jim Stanley a chance to receive their gratitude.<\/p>\n<p>What a wonderful act of compassion and love it was for pupils from decades ago to come back and say goodbye to a committed teacher. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"932\" height=\"524\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Gp4PV9eia_8\" title=\"Former students reunite to give retiring chorus teacher a musical send-off l GMA\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Being a teacher is a wonderful and significant profession. 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