Final Week

YESTERDAY AFTERNOON---I was volunteering in my favorite third grade class and walked into assist the teacher in a variety of tasks that needed to be done, but little did I know what would happen next a couple of minutes later. Some of the girls from my second grade class, braved walking through the rainstorm outside and surprised me with a green house plant along with a brief thank you note. It was obviously quite thoughtful and nice of them to do, but it really made me question in my mind about whether or not, I felt like I deserved that at all--due to the circumstances that I found myself dealing with. I did not want to necessarily read through any of that thank you note because the first half of this school year was nothing but awful and an opportunity for me to put those emotions off to the side. As I read through the brief thank you note, I was not at all if you ask me just unimpressive I felt not knowing if it was even close to sincere or just another excuse to not have me come back. There is only so much more I could share about this and yet it only gives me reasons to emotionally vent on the fact, I will never want to have this kind of a school year ever again!!!!

Along with this, I also got a very heartfelt thank you note from the third grade teacher & her sweet class!!! It truly made me reflect on how much I not only impacted the teacher's life, but also each of her students as well throughout the school year. It was such an absolute feeling of fresh air and gave me a chance to think about why I love what I do at the school every single time I return back. I really felt an overwhelming sense of unconditional love for that entire class filled of amazing kids and just getting to know their teacher as well as themselves was an experience, I will cherish forever. I am so grateful for the patience, kindness, friendship, dedication, hard work both of those teachers put into everything to make the school year one that I will look back on with a smile. 

This entire school year was one of the hardest and most rewarding experiences in my life. I never did expect things to turn out like they did at times and somehow I was able to survive through it all with my chin up. I most definitely shed a lot more tears of frustration, stress, uncertainty of whether I just wanted to complete the school year with that second grade teacher because it torn me apart in ways that it never should have. I am grateful that the both of us were able to mellow out a little bit and if you must know, I could have easily given up on the opportunity with trying anymore to make it into some kind of a positive learning experience for myself. I will never want to make another excuse for trying to pretend like I enjoyed the time, I spent in that second grade classroom and realized that I did not think it was the perfect time for me to volunteer with that person either. 

Thanks so much to both of those teachers who went out of their ways, to make me feel needed & not to mention a part of things with their students. It was an absolute delight for me to learn from both of them throughout this past year and needing to understand that we can all do our part, in searching for the positive things in life instead of the stuff we do not want to deal with. 

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