Let's have some silence for a moment

The other day when I was scrolling like any of you procrastinating teenagers in Facebook, I found out that this teacher, whom took the job of my substitute English last time that I'll admit I really dislike for his teaching methods, have passed away. I was shock for awhile and tried to dig for further information. As far as I know he went through a coma and woke up two months ago, not long after died he passed away. I have no idea how he got coma nor what exactly happened to him but it is sad.

Mr. Nelson was his name and he was the kind of that strict yet randomly laid-back teacher that I never had before. He would come in each day with an assignment in mind with our class and once he sees your potential, his expectancies for you is set. He was fairly old for a teacher and because of that, I didn't quite like his understanding (or at other times lack of) towards us as students and as teens. I can't give an example for I admit its a bit of a blur but I do distinctively remember his annoying habit of slamming a table while we concentrate our work that he has given us as he tells us a story. It constantly shock us out of focus and never fail to annoy too when he does it more than a few time. I only vaguely remember a couple of stories of when he was a teacher in this other school and if I'm not mistaken, how we were a good class which I once thought was wrong because although we did his work and no one really went against him due to how stern he can be at times, he had a few haters and I was among them. And he didn't know that.

I only like one trait about him and that was his unbreakable level of expectancies towards us. He knew some students neglect the work he gives for obvious teenage reasons but he also recognize the potential we had in English. That was the one thing that made me think "I couldn't hate him completely." Like when we had a oral exam and we did it in a group of two. My friend and I became co-script writers to a script about "Two girls love of William Shakespeare's work." We both were into Romeo and Juliet so we thought that could be our subject. When were done with out minute and half (?) oral and as we sat, I could see the big smile on Mr. Nelson's face. The one where it even reaches to his eyes and he claps firmly and proud at us for our performance. His expression just obviously exudes this sense that he knew we do a excellent job and that he knew we would never fall short of what he knew we could potentially do. I felt very proud for myself at that moment. I think my partner and I both did. 

Recently also there was that Connecticut Shooting that happen recently. That was a tragedy and my prayers are to all the victims, especially the children. May God bless them and Mr. Nelson.