Background – My youngest son had the same Social Studies teacher two
years following my older son. This
teacher told both of my boys this story, which seems to show that it made a lasting impression on him.
The teacher was hanging around the house on a day with very little going on when the doorbell rang. He answered the door and found a young Mormon on his doorstep poised to deliver “the message”. Normally he would have said “no thank you” and politely closed the door, but this particular day was so slow that he uncharacteristically decided to listen to what the kid had to say for a short while. He ended up allowing this young man to cover quite a bit of information about the Mormon Church, including its history, its message and many of its current practices. After a much longer time than he had planned, the conversation came to an end and he thanked the young missionary for the interesting lesson and told him that he would think about some of the things they had talked about.
S.C.O.U.T. - The following week, the teacher, who was a student at the time, went to his own Social Studies class and was surprised to find that a large part of the exam he had come to take was, in fact, on the Mormon Church. During his studies, he hadn't anticipated this and therefore would have failed the test completely if not for visit from that young Mormon. As it was, he passed the test with flying colors! On each occasion that he told this story to one of my kids, they said they could see how he was still amazed at the uncanny timing of the event. Once again trying to impress upon this current class how “strange” it was that he had, on a whim, done something so out of character only to have that very thing play so crucially into the following weeks events. It was however eighth grade, which is an age group nearly impossible to impress, therefore I feel certain that the next class will also be hearing about this bizarre turn of events and maybe they’ll see the “strange case of uncanny timing” in his story!
The teacher was hanging around the house on a day with very little going on when the doorbell rang. He answered the door and found a young Mormon on his doorstep poised to deliver “the message”. Normally he would have said “no thank you” and politely closed the door, but this particular day was so slow that he uncharacteristically decided to listen to what the kid had to say for a short while. He ended up allowing this young man to cover quite a bit of information about the Mormon Church, including its history, its message and many of its current practices. After a much longer time than he had planned, the conversation came to an end and he thanked the young missionary for the interesting lesson and told him that he would think about some of the things they had talked about.
S.C.O.U.T. - The following week, the teacher, who was a student at the time, went to his own Social Studies class and was surprised to find that a large part of the exam he had come to take was, in fact, on the Mormon Church. During his studies, he hadn't anticipated this and therefore would have failed the test completely if not for visit from that young Mormon. As it was, he passed the test with flying colors! On each occasion that he told this story to one of my kids, they said they could see how he was still amazed at the uncanny timing of the event. Once again trying to impress upon this current class how “strange” it was that he had, on a whim, done something so out of character only to have that very thing play so crucially into the following weeks events. It was however eighth grade, which is an age group nearly impossible to impress, therefore I feel certain that the next class will also be hearing about this bizarre turn of events and maybe they’ll see the “strange case of uncanny timing” in his story!
My goofy dog Scout just wants to know if those "Mormon guys" bring treats with them to the door? If so, he could find it within himself to forget his "vicious dog" routine and let them in the house. Typical.
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