It's Saturday afternoon and I am sitting here marking (well technically right this second I am blogging but you get the idea). As I mark my pile of maths tests and get ready to write report cards I am reflecting on how blessed I really am!
I am really going to miss my class. They are so adorable. I have had many questions about why I am leaving sometimes in the middle of a lesson. I always take the time to stop the lesson and chat to them about how they are feeling as I feel that them processing the situation is more important than curriculum. So far I can really see it's helping. Showing them pictures of beautiful kids who need some extra love in Africa has helped too- I don't think they really could fathom a world where children don't have mothers and fathers who love them.
The cutest questions I have had is
"Miss Aitken, can you please come back and be our new teacher? "
"Miss Aitken can you be our teacher by Skype? "
and (my personal favourite..)
"Miss Aitken can we transplant your brain into a robot? Then you can go to Africa but still be here too?"
Unfortunately the reality is that in this new door opening- another must close.
As I look at my rows of desks and imagine their smiling faces I know that these last couple of days are going to be difficult. I already had to say goodbye to one precious one who left early for a trip to Cape York. That was hard enough. But saying goodbye to the other 23 as well??
I'm not even sure this massive gift box of chocolates I have sitting on my desk (Ferrero- raffaelo my favourite!!) is going to ease the ache in my heart.
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