The picture book Miss Nelson is Missing by Harry Allard is familiar book to me that I have read many times through out elementary school. It seemed that the my younger elementary school teachers as well as my older elementary school teachers enjoyed reading this book to us because it reveals such a great message. The book tells a story of an elementary school class that are by far the worst behaved students. They are rude to their teacher, they do not listen, and they do not even do their lessons. Their teacher one day dresses up as a mean, strict, old teacher. She is so horrible that she is able to get the students t miss their "old" teacher Miss Nelson. When Miss Nelson comes back as her old self, the students are so excited to see her that they now are on their best behavior because they never want the horrible teacher to come back. The message I got out of this story is that you do not know how good you have it until you it is gone. This quote relates to my life as a college student. Until I was 18, I lived at home with my amazing parents; however, I do not think I knew how amazing they were until I left for college. My mom would do all of the chores around the house, make all of my appointments for me with doctors and dentists, and just be there to help me when ever I needed her or my dad. My parents were so generous to me, and at times I was just a moody teenager who would take advantage of her parents. Now when I am away at college and have to take responsibility for chores, appointments, etc. I truly miss how generous my parents were. When I make visits home for weekends, winter break, or summer I appreciate everything my parents do for me. It is sad that it takes something in your life to go missing for you to appreciate it, but it overall teaches a good lesson.
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