It wasn’t just a typical day in English class. They thought she’d lost her mind, or perhaps was playing a joke on them. Nobody was sure what was happening, but they knew something should be done to help.

That’s exactly what freshman Mason Nobles did the morning English teacher Debbie Linton was sent to the hospital during second period.

“I just started feeling dizzy in the middle of the class, and I couldn’t remember where I was,” Linton said. “One of my students came to me asking a question off of a paper, and I honestly had no idea what it was.”

One by one, signs of trouble became evident to the class, from her stumbling around the room to not being able to see where things were.

“She kept saying she couldn’t see any of us and faced the middle of the room away from us,” Nobles said.

The students began to worry about her. Mrs. Linton realized that she needed to head towards the nurse, but the class knew she couldn’t do it alone.

“After I saw her stumbling around the room, I thought, ‘there’s no way she’ll make it by herself’ so I thought I’d help, and if I hadn’t, I’d feel really guilty,” Nobles said.

At first Linton objected, but later obliged.

“I followed him like a little kid,” Linton said.

Once Linton reached the nurse’s office, her class was left alone, but unlike any other day when the teacher is gone, her class behaved.

“We just sat there for like twenty to thirty minutes doing our work,” Nobles said. “Nobody talked; I guess we were all just scared for her.”

*Note: Linton is still waiting for results.