Dedicated To My First Foreign Language Teacher

Here's to Mademoiselle Zumudio, my 5th grade French teacher:

I haven't seen or heard of her since I left grade school, but I've realized that there are times when her excited, animated language instruction informs the moves I make with language learners I teach today.

I have also realized that the day Mademoiselle Zumudio announced that she was soon to become "Madame Dabbs" was, in fact, the worst day of elementary school. The memory still stings a little!