Two really good people

Here's the set up for Good Person number One:
He is a student in the program. Each dog is assigned two trainers who are to partner in the dog care and training. On day one, this boy makes his partner so mad/sad/frustrated, he is in tears-big tears. We spend half the lesson working through this. The tears are a response to the hubris of boy one and his claim that he will essentially be the magnificent trainer and the other boy won't.
Fast forward 10 days. I walk into the dinner scene and have heard that another boy in the group was restrained earlier. The students restrain one another and only if the child acting out is going to hurt himself or someone else. So I walk up to Mr. Hubris and ask , "Who got restrained today?" He leans in to me and says quietly, "I don't want to say right now, because it will hurt his feelings".
BONUS!! DANCE OF JOY! LOVE YOU!
He gets recognized for that act of kindness later in our class and we mark his "positive comment" on our wall chart.

Set up for Good Person Number Two:
Boys go to regular school (well, not all that regular really, it's way more interesting some days than most) 5 days a week. They are in the same room, except for lunch and gym with one teacher. There are a number of classrooms, but one stands out in particular. This room has a teacher with bright blue eyes and dreadlocks. He grows a garden on the premises, plays fun and soothing music periodically throughout the day and somehow engages his students more than most that I have seen so far. He's smart, he's cool, he truly teaches and he is just amazingly nice. Yesterday, one kid seemed to be especially edgy, engaged in a little trash banter with another student and couldn't quite reign himself in. Now this teacher gives him a few warnings to just chill out and let it go. No way. Not happening on this day. So what does our cool teacher do? He gets up, opens his arm wide for a big hug with a "How 'bout it. C'mon dude (paraphrase)"? He keeps arms wide open till our boy lets go of a little smile. Crisis averted. Kid gets a chance to be wrong and then pull himself together to get it right with unexpected support to do it.
BUT here's what I really wanted to say. This is what leaves me with my mouth open every day.
When Cool Teacher leaves for the day-everyday-he says "Bye. Love you guys". Just like that.
Maybe he is just talking to the boys or maybe he is talking to everybody. I don't know. I just hope he doesn't mind if I steal his line.
As my mother would say, ' It's the darndest thing".