Oral History

Gwen Atwater - On taking care of students (clip)

Interviewed by Molly Norwood on October 26, 2009

Gwen Atwater: I would give this spiel the last day of school and I would always tell my children, you know you’re not just mine for this year. Once you cross that door, you’re mine for the rest of your life. You are my family member. I’d say I care about you, and I want to know what you are doing. I expect you to be a responsible, worthwhile person and citizen no matter where you are. I’d say, and if there’s ever anything I can do for you, all you have to do is pick up your phone and give me a call. And I always gave them my phone number and my address.

Gwen Atwater - On taking care of students (clip)

Oral history interview of Atwater, Gwen conducted by Norwood, Molly on October 26, 2009 at Unknown.

Citation: Marian Cheek Jackson Center, “Gwen Atwater - On taking care of students (clip),” From the Rock Wall, accessed August 23, 2025, https://fromtherockwall.org/oral-histories/gwen-atwater-on-taking-care-of-students-clip.

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