You know...we do have an impact..and it can be tremendous......again..i doubt if anyone really reads these ..but damn it's great to get them...


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The man who has no imagination has no wings. 
Muhammad Ali


Rodney D. Coates
Professor


-----Original Message-----
From: Name Withheld 
Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2010 12:53 PM
To: Coates, Rodney D. Dr.
Subject: Thank You

Dr. Coates,

I took your capstone class in the spring of 2009, and wanted to drop you a note to thank you.  Your class just about kicked my tail, and I spent a lot of hours questioning my intelligence and abilities as a student (not only because of your class; my time at Miami was difficult in many ways).  At the end of my final paper, your comment referred to me as a sociologist and welcomed me to the field.  I can only begin to tell you how important that message was to me.  

I planned to go to the police academy after graduation and my wedding, but my health had deteriorated enough that I could not meet the physical agility requirements.  After I had spent a few weeks devastated, my husband suggested I pursue a Master's degree in School Counseling.  If not for your comment on my final paper, I doubt I would have had the self-confidence to attempt it.  Now, I am almost 27 hours into a 48 hour M.Ed. and doing very well.  While the counseling license will let me provide for my family if anything happens to my husband, I am shopping for Ph.D. programs in Criminal Justice and Criminology.  With my new-found confidence and my rediscovered love of learning, it would be a shame to not earn a terminal degree in a field I love! 

I don't know if you write this sentiment on everybody's papers, or if you will even remember me, but I wanted you to know how much you impacted my future with a few little typed lines.  Thank you... so very much.  

Name Withheld