DeMille Halliburton
I would like to thank Mr. Trautwein for ruining my marriage. I can't stop reading this page!!! I'm laughing, crying, playing "old" music...my family thinks I'm nuts!!
Gigi Sachs Eisenberg
And I'm going to be fired from my job. Thanks, GT.
Jon Lowet
C'mon, D... Your family JUST realized that you're nuts?!? :)
Laurie Salzman Gersten
I am right there with you. I don't think anyone who didn't live it or meet him, truly understands what an impact this man had on our lives back then and even more so today so many years later!
Del Shortliffe
I'm grading papers at my desk. After I finish each one, I check FB!
Penny Gabbe Gillespie
I agree with Gigi...I cannot tear myself away from this page..I am laughing and crying and taken back to a wonderful time in my life...I hope I am not fired from my job!!!!!
Ellen Silverman
me too! Can't tear away from this and it is making working hard as well.
Penny Gabbe Gillespie
I also want to say, I have been trying to express to my children how fortunate I was growing up in Rye Brook...I feel they do not have the same feeling toward their teachers..it is a shame
Lorie Lewis
can't. stop. reading. intervention. NOW please!
Barry Eisenberg
ditto, it's going to get me fired.
Stephanne Pleshette
Oh - my staff is so up my nose since I have always been a "no FB" omn work time kinda boss (she wrote from her desk on work time...again)
Doug Jaffe
I'm guilty as well......I'm told it's called grieving.
Hope Albrecht Klein
It is also called connection, remembering & CELEBRATING!!!! :)
Hillary Ross
Careful Del - you might get confused and start grading our posts! :)
Roberta Soloff Solomon
That would be fine Hillary...I could use a few A's right now!
Cynthia Mesh
This is hilarious! I, too, only tore myself away today because my husband took me to play hooky up in Maine. It was lovely, but now I'm back and so enjoying the continuing postings about George and his legacy. What a treasure this is - and I'm so looking forward to being able to share it in a more reader-friendly format...
Laura Gussoff Brown
I hear you! I am on vacation for god's sakes and i'm still logging on whenever I can! I'm so lucky to be part of this community -thank you all and thanks to my family for putting up with me:)
Brian Geller
pretty crazy that he passed on, i think he inspired so many of us to do good and too think that my son who is 15 years old is a student now under del shortliffe, that in itself is crazy
Tracey Stelzer Hyams
This week I've been been visiting colleges with my son, who goes to a progressive, private high school which is very much like BBHS was in the 1970s, from the size of the school to caring, dedicated teachers who see unique qualities in students and have wonderfully close relationships with them. His school also happened to lose their much-beloved drama teacher of 30 years not long ago. The parallels are eerie, and I've been telling him about BBHS and GT and this group as we go (on!). Of course he's not impressed, and because I want his teachers to know how much they are and will continue to be valued long before it is time for their memorial tributes, I wrote a note to the school describing the love and gratitude expressed here. Dashed it off before coming back to read more here...
Joann Alperstein Abdoo
My husband is talking to me right now, and I am ignoring him.
Cynthia Mesh
Joann - LOL. I have not only neglected my family, but perhaps worse, my dogs. Thankfully, they will forgive me as long as I give them food.
Joann Alperstein Abdoo
When I try to explain it to him, he looks at me like I'm crazy...you should have seen his reaction when I told him that someone suggested making a movie about him!!!!! [Later post saying that after watching Matt's MSNBC tribute, her husband finally got it!]
Cynthia Mesh
They'll get it when they see the movie! I also keep trying to explain to my husband and he gets it, sort of. In theory anyway . . . he mentioned stand and deliver - yeah, kind of, but with music!
Joann Alperstein Abdoo
Mr Holland's Opus meets Breakfast Club
Terry Parrinelli Vitetta
When I try to explain to friends and co-workers about how we are all feeling about and what we have learned from our beloved Mr. Trautwein, people don't get it ... I tell them that he was our Mr. Holland ... then they kind of get it ... they will get it when they see the movie ...
I would like to thank Mr. Trautwein for ruining my marriage. I can't stop reading this page!!! I'm laughing, crying, playing "old" music...my family thinks I'm nuts!!
Gigi Sachs Eisenberg
And I'm going to be fired from my job. Thanks, GT.
Jon Lowet
C'mon, D... Your family JUST realized that you're nuts?!? :)
Laurie Salzman Gersten
I am right there with you. I don't think anyone who didn't live it or meet him, truly understands what an impact this man had on our lives back then and even more so today so many years later!
Del Shortliffe
I'm grading papers at my desk. After I finish each one, I check FB!
Penny Gabbe Gillespie
I agree with Gigi...I cannot tear myself away from this page..I am laughing and crying and taken back to a wonderful time in my life...I hope I am not fired from my job!!!!!
Ellen Silverman
me too! Can't tear away from this and it is making working hard as well.
Penny Gabbe Gillespie
I also want to say, I have been trying to express to my children how fortunate I was growing up in Rye Brook...I feel they do not have the same feeling toward their teachers..it is a shame
Lorie Lewis
can't. stop. reading. intervention. NOW please!
Barry Eisenberg
ditto, it's going to get me fired.
Stephanne Pleshette
Oh - my staff is so up my nose since I have always been a "no FB" omn work time kinda boss (she wrote from her desk on work time...again)
Doug Jaffe
I'm guilty as well......I'm told it's called grieving.
Hope Albrecht Klein
It is also called connection, remembering & CELEBRATING!!!! :)
Hillary Ross
Careful Del - you might get confused and start grading our posts! :)
Roberta Soloff Solomon
That would be fine Hillary...I could use a few A's right now!
Cynthia Mesh
This is hilarious! I, too, only tore myself away today because my husband took me to play hooky up in Maine. It was lovely, but now I'm back and so enjoying the continuing postings about George and his legacy. What a treasure this is - and I'm so looking forward to being able to share it in a more reader-friendly format...
Laura Gussoff Brown
I hear you! I am on vacation for god's sakes and i'm still logging on whenever I can! I'm so lucky to be part of this community -thank you all and thanks to my family for putting up with me:)
Brian Geller
pretty crazy that he passed on, i think he inspired so many of us to do good and too think that my son who is 15 years old is a student now under del shortliffe, that in itself is crazy
Tracey Stelzer Hyams
This week I've been been visiting colleges with my son, who goes to a progressive, private high school which is very much like BBHS was in the 1970s, from the size of the school to caring, dedicated teachers who see unique qualities in students and have wonderfully close relationships with them. His school also happened to lose their much-beloved drama teacher of 30 years not long ago. The parallels are eerie, and I've been telling him about BBHS and GT and this group as we go (on!). Of course he's not impressed, and because I want his teachers to know how much they are and will continue to be valued long before it is time for their memorial tributes, I wrote a note to the school describing the love and gratitude expressed here. Dashed it off before coming back to read more here...
Joann Alperstein Abdoo
My husband is talking to me right now, and I am ignoring him.
Cynthia Mesh
Joann - LOL. I have not only neglected my family, but perhaps worse, my dogs. Thankfully, they will forgive me as long as I give them food.
Joann Alperstein Abdoo
When I try to explain it to him, he looks at me like I'm crazy...you should have seen his reaction when I told him that someone suggested making a movie about him!!!!! [Later post saying that after watching Matt's MSNBC tribute, her husband finally got it!]
Cynthia Mesh
They'll get it when they see the movie! I also keep trying to explain to my husband and he gets it, sort of. In theory anyway . . . he mentioned stand and deliver - yeah, kind of, but with music!
Joann Alperstein Abdoo
Mr Holland's Opus meets Breakfast Club
Terry Parrinelli Vitetta
When I try to explain to friends and co-workers about how we are all feeling about and what we have learned from our beloved Mr. Trautwein, people don't get it ... I tell them that he was our Mr. Holland ... then they kind of get it ... they will get it when they see the movie ...
