9-YEAR-OLD GIRL WRITES AWESOME LETTER TO TEACHER WHO COMES OUT

During a lesson on bullying awareness, an elementary school teacher – with the encouragement of his superiors – asked his students if they had ever heard people make fun of or be mean to other people because they were gay. After most of the class raised their hands, the teacher, who chose to remain anonymous, came out to his students.

In an interview with Pink News, the teacher said, "The reaction was fantastic – there were a lot of gasps and shocked looks and some basic questions – do you have a boyfriend, etc. – but after a couple of minutes they were over it and we moved on to the rest of the lesson."

It was a few days later that the teacher got the most wonderful gift from a 9-year-old girl in his class. In the morning she dropped a note off on his desk that read:

Dear Mr R.,

Even though you’re gay, I will always treat you the same way as I do now. I still think about you the same way as I used to. You’re a great teacher and these are just some of the words that I would describe you as: great, amazing, fantastic, brilliant, awesome and brave.

The reason why I say brave, is because you shared a personal secret, which was very brave.

You don’t have to feel scared because I know that everyone in the class feels the same way as I do.

From A.

x <3 x

P.S. Mr R. – we are all proud of you.

How sweet is that? Just another example of how adults can learn from kids.

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