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Jordan, you made me smile. If you were ever in a bad mood, I never noticed. Your LBJ classmates already miss you dearly.
Jordan, Your passion as an educator and promising future as policy maker was an inspiration for me everyday in PFM. I will never forget the first day of camp, you were fiery passionate and always gave 100% to anything and everything you did. You will truly be missed but your spirit will always live on through those children whose lives you touched in such a special way, in your classmates that you inspired by working hard! You are truly a wonderful caring girl, and you will be missed by all! Rest in peace, Jordan. ~ Cassandra
I was lucky to have had two classes with Jordan and as a result was able to develop a really close friendship with her. I was always impressed by her insightful comments in class which always were beneficial to the conversation. I will miss eating lunch with her in the student lounge, sharing a locker with her, random trips to Target, griping about school work, debating current events, exchanging advice, rides home from late nights, potluck dinners, dancing in living rooms, inappropriate jokes and stories, sharing a hair dresser, surviving through grueling study sessions, and planning little social gatherings. Jordan was sweet, passionate, and generous and always the first to pay a genuine compliment. She was always there for me. I am heartbroken over the loss of one of my best friends at LBJ but happy that I am lucky enough to call her such. I really admired Jordan for her compassion, her intelligence, her altruism, and her consideration for everyone around her. A bunch of us are working on a donation fund for Teach for America in Jordan's name to honor and continue her passion for education and equality. I will miss you every day, Jordan, and will always remember all the little ways you enriched my life.
May the good that you have done in your time on Earth continue in ever-spreading circles, creating more good as it expands, touching people that you had not yet met, and cushioning your family and friends from the inexpressible loss of your companionship.
And may the potentials that lay uncoiled in you still find expression through the many channels that you have opened up with your love and energy.
The world was a much better place with you in it.
Jordan was delightful and I always enjoyed chatting with her about life and school. She was a beautiful person and I’m unbelievably sad she’s gone. I will dearly miss seeing her at the LBJ School. My blessings and sympathies to her family and loved ones.
Jordan my dear. I will miss our coffee "planning" sessions, our gmail-chatting, and our spontaneous meetups in the parking lot and student lounge. I will miss your sassiness, your compassion, and your straightforward nature. I will never forgot how amazing you were to me when I was going through a rough patch in life and will forever be grateful. And I will forever cherish and learn from the dedication you demonstrated toward your personal growth as well as your dedication to your friends, classmates, and the LBJ School. You will be missed and never will you be forgotten.
I met Jordan on the day we visited LBJ. We were seated around the Dean's conference table and the first thing she said was, "But why should we come HERE?" As I got to know her better, I learned this was classic Jordan.
I admired Jordan's drive and manner. I was touched by her willingness to help and her commitment to her school, her friends, her family, to teaching.
But mostly, I'll miss the "classic" Jordan: there was the fateful day when Jordan stumbled upon a couple of WASPs trying to explain Passover to each other and she put on her best teacher voice and told us all a "story". She even took questions.
In addition to all the things that gave her good character, she was witty and fun... and I'll miss her.
To her family and friends from other parts of her life, thank you for sharing Jordan with us. I am truly blessed to have known her.
Ellen Satterwhite
I'm not sure I've quite grasped Jordan's passing. She was one of my favorite people at LBJ and we had a great time together. She was a role model for me in education and I learned a lot just talking to her. Tears and laments seem hollow. There will be a void in my life that Jordan had inhabited. I will dearly miss her humor and her truth telling. Mostly I feel sad that the world will miss out on her talent, she was destined for great things and it just seem so unfair that shes been taken.
I'll miss ya babe.
Jordan,
I would rather have a friend and risk the sadness of loss than never know a friend. Thank you for being yourself 100% of the time, for your quick wit and your smile. You made the LBJ School a better place.
m
Jordan and I had two very important things in common. We were fortunate enough to share the best birthday in the world (March 7), and I think we may have been the only two people at LBJ who still slept with a ratty/hideous childhood teddy bear.
Ellen identified a "classic Jordan," a personality with which I am extremely familiar. I had two core courses with her, and although everyone was required to be there, people looked up with genuine interest when Jordan raised her hand. Hers was the first name that professors memorized, and her drive, intelligence, and confidence were true causes for admiration. At least once per class, the "classic" Jordan had everyone laughing.
I knew Jordan was smart, clever, and witty from the first day I met her. A short while later I learned she was a dedicated teacher. Soon after that, when she took me to the airport and I discovered a Harry Potter board game in her car, I knew with certainty that she had excellent taste. And finally, during our last semester with her, I learned that she was a good friend. I will miss her.
Katie Elder
I recall my first and last conversations with Jordan most vividly. The first was during Camp LBJ, in which she coolly asserted her sassy composure amidst a group of strangers while many of the rest of us, particularly myself, grappled with shyness and insecurities like kindergarteners on the first few days of school. Jordan was different, in that her familiarity with the unfamiliar made her approachable and endearing. Even when we carpooled together en route to a Camp lunch break one day during a torrential downpour, nothing seemed to faze her as she quizzed another classmate about his experience with parenthood.
My last conversation with her was in a group of classmates immediately before the end-of-year annual Follies event. To pass the time, I regaled a group of peers that included Jordan with a story of the unfortunate events surrounding my incarceration in Amsterdam little more than a year prior. A most ignoble "achievement," to be sure, and one that amused and horrified my aghast classmates with equal measure. Except for Jordan. As composed as ever, she lightly reprimanded me throughout my recounting of a series of bad behavior on my part, teasing out (in more ways than one) additional ignominy on my part. While I was straining to keep my audience on the edge of their seats, she had effectively and gracefully upstaged me, without even trying.
When in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes,
I all alone beweep my outcast state,
And trouble deaf Heaven with my bootless cries,
And look upon myself, and curse my fate,
Wishing me like to one more rich in hope,
Featur'd like him, like him with friends possess'd,
Desiring this man's art, and that man's scope,
With what I most enjoy contented least:
Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising,
Haply I think on thee,--and then my state
(Like to the lark at break of day arising
From sullen earth) sings hymns at heaven's gate;
For thy sweet love remember'd such wealth brings
That then I scorn to change my state with kings'.
Much love and blessings on Jordan, her family and her dear friends. ~BE
I did not know Jordan, I met her in the spring a year ago for a few minutes. I do not remember much of the experience. I was there with Dave and a couple other friends from North Dakota on a guys trip to Texas. Dave is one of my best friends, have known him since 1st grade and feel so horribly saddened by Jordan's passing I still have no words that come to mind when I want to call and console him. After reading the posts above I was able to get a glimpse of why Dave and Jordan were together, Dave had met his match. Dave will argue with someone about anything, especially things he has little knowledge of, I am sure Jordan put him in his place on more then a few occasions. I am so deeply saddened for everyone that knew Jordan, her friends, her family,the children she taught, and anyone that had the pleasure of simply being in her presence. According to what everyone says, she defined the word special. Jordan you will be missed.
Chris
I remember meeting Jordan at Bates Elementary School, whenever I went to Houston to visit my sister. Despite a breif introduction, I was able to see how much she cared for each and everyone of her students and how much they admired her.
Eventhough, I hardly knew Jordan, she was the first one to tell my sister about the shootings at Virginia Tech and to make sure that I was okay. I am blessed to have been able to meet such a caring person.
Jordan was such a wonderful friend to my sister and has made such a wonderful impact on her life. Jordan was my sisters saving grace, in Houston. And eventhough Jordan is no longer with us, I know that she will continue to be my sister's saving grace and guardian angle, no matter where where my sister goes. I am so honored that my sister was able to have such a wonderful friend like Jordan. I cannot thank you enough, Jordan!
I am deeply saddened by the loss of Jordan and my condolences go out to her family and close friends. Jordan, you will be greatly missed by so many.
You may be gone, but you will NEVER be forgotten. We love you Jordan!
Mary Kate McAuley
Jordan,
I considered you my friend, but after reading these comments and others, I realize I really did not know you. I am sure the same is not true for you - I imagine you took the time to know more about me than I did you.
We served on several committees together and took a class together, but I wish I had spent more time getting to know you as you already had a large impact on my life. You had such a beautiful and sincere attitude toward life and your absense will be felt for a very long time at the LBJ School.
Bren said you made the world a better place while you were here... you did.
You will now make heaven a better place.
LBJ has lost so many wonderful women this year - You, along with Ladybird and Elspeth Rostow will forever leave a void this school will struggle to fill.
Many sincere condolences to her family and friends during this time of loss.
Always, Jennifer Crow
Jordan,
I still can't really believe that you're gone. It was only when talking with a friend today that I realized I still hadn't fully grasped it, because I was still talking about you in the present tense.
You are really going to be missed by the whole LBJ community. You had such a presence! You were so outspoken and vibrant, and I can just picture you laughing in PFM. Thanks for brightening my classes and for being a wonderful inspiration - you accomplished so much and impressed us all.
Your parents must be immensely proud to have raised such a talented, thoughtful, passionate daughter, and we are so grateful for the time we were able to spend with you.
We love you Jordan!
Meredith
As Jordan's mother, I am so happy to read so many wonderful comments. I was so glad she loved Austin, my home town, and was looking forward to seeing her graduate from UT, my alma mater. She spoke to me of so many of you, and I know I met a few.
She wasn't too sure about that paper plate award for the "girl most likely to appear on Big Brother." She hadn't seen the show, so I convinced her it meant passionate, determined, unafraid to confront someone who disagreed, and she seemed to like that. She asked me if she should try to tone down her "abrasive" East Coast style to fit in better with the politer Southerners. I said yes, of course, tone it down, but she said no, I'll stay like I am and some will like me and some won't. Once again, typically Jordan.
I want to keep her memory alive, so please carry her with you in your hearts on your adventures in the future.
Teri Allbright Wildrick
tallbright@comcast.net
UT will lower the Texas flag in Jordan's honor on Monday, Aug. 11, at 9 a.m. Program will be followed by a reception. More details to follow.
Teri
(586) 992-3625
tallbright@comcast.net
Written by Wm. Allen White of the Emporia Gazette (in 1922) as part of the eulogy for his daughter, who died in a riding accident.
"A rift in the clouds in a gray day threw a shaft of sunlight upon her coffin as her energetic body sank to its last sleep. But the soul of her, the glowing, gorgeous fervent soul of her, surely was flaming in eager joy upon some other dawn."
Teri, Jordan's mother
I first met Jordan at camp LBJ where she appeared confident and friendly. She recounted her past experience as a teacher and patiently looked forward to the start of the semester. Later, I frequently met her in the library, and everytime we met, she found a moment to talk about her life, her classes and her plans for the summer internship. She was passionate, humble, confident and cared for her fellow students.
Jordan, we all miss you but will always remember the kind acts you did for all of us!
Muhammad Zafar
Jordan was a positive, inspirational, fun-loving part of my life. I met her during orientation in Houston for Teach For America. I was able to experience her compassion, spunk and creativity first hand. We both experienced many ups and downs teaching first grade. However, it was incredibly comforting knowing that she was going through the same thing. Her honesty and bluntness kept everything in perspective.
When we both traveled to Austin for grad school, I felt very lucky to have her there. Her confidence, drive and determination added a spark to our classes and social life. She convinced me to run the ½ marathon through her commitment to running the full. I will always remember Jordan for how much she gave, and how little she expected to get back in return. She lived her life to the fullest and will always be remembered.
Love,
Lauren
I will never forget the slip of paper to help one international guy, not clever in statistics but a little old, quite embarrassed what to answer. You, Jordan, always had good understanding of other cultures and somthing different. If you were with us again, LBJ should be the happiest.
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