BethanyF
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It is 3:30 AM and I am wide awake. I woke up about a half hour ago and couldnt stop sneezing, so instead of waking up Lou, I decided ot sign on for a bit. I relly should go ot bed since I am having a garage sale in 4 1/2 hours and after that I have to work 6-12, then the garage sale again tomorrow.
Thanks Lou for the great recap, and you're right. I had been lurking, but not posting for a couple days. I would sneak on when I could and read a bit, but never had time to reply.
Anyway, yesterday was Sam's last day of school. This is the recap I posted on one of my AOL boards...
Sam has had the most remarkable teacher, I just adore this woman.
She is a Golden Apple award winner, 20+ years teaching in the same classroom, and just an all around amazing woman, She gets very attached to her kids. She was very strict, but yet gentle and caring.
At the end of class today she sat all the kids on the carpet and told them how proud she was of what they accomplished and learned. She talked about how they all cried on the first day because they were scared, but she was crying today because she was happy. She read us a list she had compiled of the things the kids told her they liked best and the things they liked leanrning about.
She told them how as much as she would like to be their teacher forever, but the little kids need her the most. She then talked about how every morning when she says her prayers she talks to her "Gramps' and that she had asked him this morning 'well, Gramps, what do you think of my crop this year" She told them he would have been so proud. She also explained to them that Gramps always told her to just try her best. Because of Gramps she had the kids say 'we will try our best' every morning.
She told them how she never loved school, she was always afraid. That is why she tried to teach them to love learning.
I looked at all the other moms and we were all sniffling, red eyed, tears rolling down our cheeks. We were just passing the kleenex box back and forth down the row.
Then she read this poem to them (and gave them all a copy)
You are a very special person
and you should really know
how I loved to be your teacher
How fast the year did go
Please come back to visit me
as through the grades you grow
Try hard to learn all you can,
there is so much to know
One thing I tried to teach you
to last your whole life through
is to know you are special
just because you are you
Good luck in grade one
I am very proud of you
As each child left she hugged and kissed them and rubbed the kisses in to their cheeks 'to last them through the summer'
Thanks Lou for the great recap, and you're right. I had been lurking, but not posting for a couple days. I would sneak on when I could and read a bit, but never had time to reply.
Anyway, yesterday was Sam's last day of school. This is the recap I posted on one of my AOL boards...
Sam has had the most remarkable teacher, I just adore this woman.
She is a Golden Apple award winner, 20+ years teaching in the same classroom, and just an all around amazing woman, She gets very attached to her kids. She was very strict, but yet gentle and caring.
At the end of class today she sat all the kids on the carpet and told them how proud she was of what they accomplished and learned. She talked about how they all cried on the first day because they were scared, but she was crying today because she was happy. She read us a list she had compiled of the things the kids told her they liked best and the things they liked leanrning about.
She told them how as much as she would like to be their teacher forever, but the little kids need her the most. She then talked about how every morning when she says her prayers she talks to her "Gramps' and that she had asked him this morning 'well, Gramps, what do you think of my crop this year" She told them he would have been so proud. She also explained to them that Gramps always told her to just try her best. Because of Gramps she had the kids say 'we will try our best' every morning.
She told them how she never loved school, she was always afraid. That is why she tried to teach them to love learning.
I looked at all the other moms and we were all sniffling, red eyed, tears rolling down our cheeks. We were just passing the kleenex box back and forth down the row.
Then she read this poem to them (and gave them all a copy)
You are a very special person
and you should really know
how I loved to be your teacher
How fast the year did go
Please come back to visit me
as through the grades you grow
Try hard to learn all you can,
there is so much to know
One thing I tried to teach you
to last your whole life through
is to know you are special
just because you are you
Good luck in grade one
I am very proud of you
As each child left she hugged and kissed them and rubbed the kisses in to their cheeks 'to last them through the summer'
to everyone else.
for Matt!
