A.N (March 1993, Sam is almost 10, Dean is 14)
Sam's fourth grade teacher was the best he had ever had.
They had only been in Six Mile, Tennessee since the end of January and already Ms. Haverdale had helped Sammy to flourish in school. At Dean's request, John had begrudgingly let them stay in Six Mile while he followed the trail of a witch on a three state killing spree.
Ms. Haverdale had spoken to John when they first arrived hot on the trail of a quick salt-and-burn about Sam's trouble in school because teachers didn't know how to handle teaching to a child who was deaf in one ear.
So she went to the local library and read as much as she could about unilateral deafness, and then met with Sam and Dean, who made an excuse about John being away, so she could make the necessary accommodations for Sam to learn at his best.
And he did.
