The appearance of an American man who was a member of a group of bad teenagers when he was younger has a 180-degree change in the present state, delivering surprise and emotion to many.
On the first day of local time, foreign media such as ABC in the US introduced the story of Darion Cockrell, an elementary school physical education teacher who won the'Teacher of the Year' award in Missouri.
Mr. Darion was born and raised in his current residence in St. Louis, Missouri.
After Mr. Darion's father died early, his mother was also deprived of custody, and Mr. Darion was left with his younger brothers at his grandmother's house.
However, the grandmother also did not have the conditions to raise children, and Darion had to take care of family meals and electricity bills from an early age.
Mr. Darion eventually joined a gang of rogue youth to survive.
As time passed, I became a middle school student, but my grades hit the bottom as I couldn't concentrate on school classes.
Meanwhile, Darion's grandmother was deprived of custody based on the local government's judgment that even Darion's grandmother was not entitled to raise children.
At that time, school teachers who had been watching Darion all the time came out.
The principal
fought against the local government's decision to transfer Mr. Darion, and the
homeroom teacher
went to school every morning to pick up Mr.
Darion,
who
was temporarily entrusted to the foster home.
The
PE teacher
, who noticed that Darion had always been enthusiastic during
PE class
, recruited him as a player on the campus football team he was coaching.
Darion, who escaped forced transfer thanks to the help of the teachers, stayed at the gym teacher's house and devoted herself to training and studying, transforming into a completely different shape.
He succeeded in college as an American football student, and after graduating from college, in just two years, he became a physical education teacher teaching students at an elementary school in St. Louis.
Now at the age of 34, Darion is a teacher respected by countless students and colleagues and the father of a three-year-old son.
Mr. Darion said about being the winner of the'Teacher of the Year' award selected by the Missouri State Education Authority. "I thought I didn't have anything to do or liked, and now I love and do the best. It's like a dream," he said.
Darion also said, "I want to give back to my students the love and interest the teachers gave me as a child." Said.
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(Photo ='Darrion DC Cockrell' Facebook)