Professor Sends Out The Best Email To This Single Mom Who Had To Miss Class

When you’re in college, you sometimes have some really sh*tty professors. For instance, I had a horrible, horrible professor once who would not excuse me from class when my sister was giving birth to my nephew at the hospital – grimey and heartless. Some college professors just seem to not understand that students are humans, too, and have outside responsibilities that may, once in a while, get in the way of our attendance in class.

Like, single parents who are trying to do right for their children and get a college education, regardless if they need to stay up all night studying. I have been in several classes with single parents and I applaud their ambition and efforts, always.

One college student at the University of Tennessee is exactly the type of brave, driven and respectable woman that we should all admire.

21-year-old Morgan King is studying therapeutic care there, but, also has a 3-month-old baby at home. Her daughter, Korbyn, is usually taken care of by her grandparents while she is in class, but, she unfortunately could not find childcare for a few days earlier this month and was forced to miss class.

After explaining to her professor what happened, her professor responded in the most incredible way possible – by telling King to next time, bring Korbyn to class.

Since sharing the thoughtful email on Twitter, it has gone viral and people are praising this professor for understanding the struggles of being a single mother.

According to Morgan, the professor who had sent her the email had been in her shoes – when she was working towards her PHD. Her professor then had given her the same option, to bring her child to class. She thought it was only right to pay it forward.

 

Last week, Korbyn and I began a new journey together. I started back at school at UT and will be taking classes this summer to make up for this past semester that I took off so that I could give birth to my biggest blessing. I know that the next year and a half of my life will be the most trying, difficult, exhausting, and draining time of my life as I am a full time college student at the University of Tennessee, serving 4+ days a week to provide for us the best I can, AND raising an almost 3 month old all at the same time. Being a single mother isn’t easy in the least bit, but knowing that I’m not only a single mother, but am a working mother AND a full time student too is very rewarding and is something that I know Korbyn will be so proud of me for one day when she’s old enough to understand what I went through to get us where we will be one day. I am doing everything I possibly can to provide the best life possible for my precious angel and I, and I know that nothing is going to come easy. Someone told me the other day that statistics show that less than 2% of young moms get an education before the age of 30. I am so beyond determined to become a part of that 2% of women who succeed and provide a future full of hope and happiness for my child. In the past year since I got pregnant, I’ve learned that going to school and getting my degree isn’t just about me anymore. It’s about US now. I have to graduate and get a big girl job doing what I love for US so that I can support US and live happily ever after, just the two of US. I have to make her proud, and I won’t stop doing everything I can in order to do so. So Korbyn, my sunshine, here’s to you.. to us. The next year and a half is gonna be a roller coaster, but I’m ready to buckle up and brace myself through the bumps because I know it’ll all be worth it in the end. So glad you’re along for the wild ride with me ? I hope you know how much I love and adore you, Korbyn Reese. I can’t wait to make you proud ❤️

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I wish I had professors who were this understanding while I was in college. God bless.