The Last Day of School
So tomorrow is the last day of school!! I’m sure I have a lot of things to be doing right now, but I do not know what… We’ve been building up to this moment for the last few months! Tomorrow, I will say good-bye to twenty amazing kids who have touched my heart, and who I will most likely never see again. I want this day to be special, I want this year to have been memorable, I want to leave a great last impression. But how am I going to do that? I have been trying hard in this last week to lower my expectations, and to up my energy. I have been letting them give me as many hugs as they may need and trying not to push them away even if I’m crazy busy! I’ve been trying to read fun stories and spend some extra time dancing and playing games. Have I been successful? I don’t know. I may never know. But what does it mean for a teacher to be successful? Does it mean that my students have to grow the most on their test scores? Does it mean that my students need to come out knowin