A Northern California author and Stanford writing fellow has shared a moving story about a long-awaited reunion with a teacher he'd been looking for for almost 20 years. Jamil Jan Kochai said he'd been looking for his 2nd grade teacher so he could thank her for everything she did to change his life.
for his debut novel "99 Nights in Logar," took to social media and shared how the long hoped-for meeting with his former teacher came about after years of searching for her.
"I don't think my teacher knew how to handle an ESL student. He used to punish me for not understanding his directions," Kochai shared. And her dedication and belief in Kochai paid off in wonderful ways, both in those early years, and then of course down the road when Kochai would become a notable author. "By the end of the year, I'd learned to read and write, and by third grade, I was winning awards for reading comprehension," he shared. But through the years, he thought of his former teacher often and made multiple attempts to find her.
1999-2000 class photo from Jamil Jan Kochai's 2nd grade class at Alyce Norman Elementary in West Sacramento, Calif. The author, of course, said yes. It was a moment he had been waiting for for so long. And he wasn’t the only one excited about the reconnection with his former mentor. His whole family got excited about the call and gathered together for the conversation.
And then when pandemic restrictions slowly lifted, things got busy with significant life events, including the birth of his first child and the death of his grandmother.
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