The Inevitable Tears to Come
In my favorite class only moments ago, my precious 3A, my students "invited" me to the "Seeing Off" party/picnic they are apparently throwing for me next week. When they said this, I of course, did what I usually do, I melted into butter and said, "Ooooooh!" I thought I had the whole month left with them, but it seems as though next Friday is their last English class due to school field trips and whatnot.
The tears haven't come yet. They are close. My eyes are getting ready for the big explosion that is bound to happen soon.
It is so hard knowing that I am deliberately walking away from dozens of people that I am crazy about.
This particular class is filled with extremely bright and creative students. Every assignment I give them, they give me back 120%. They always go above and beyond what I ask them to do. They are the only class I in which I can get fluent English conversation all the time. They are incredibly hard-working, they find fun in every project, and they do everything with passion and zeal. In many classes there are students that complain, but not this group. And to top it all off, I have a great relationship with them.
I taught them a lesson on advertising, and I had them create a product and an advertisement for that product, and they had to try to sell their product in front of the class. The selling part of the project would maybe take 15 minutes at the most in my other classes... for this class it took 40 minutes because they like to do their job thoroughly.
After they told me about the "Seeing Off" party, I found it difficult to concentrate even though their projects were brilliant and funny, and my eyes wandered adoringly from time to time, gazing on each one, and hating the fact that this is soon coming to an end.
The tears haven't come yet. They are close. My eyes are getting ready for the big explosion that is bound to happen soon.
It is so hard knowing that I am deliberately walking away from dozens of people that I am crazy about.
This particular class is filled with extremely bright and creative students. Every assignment I give them, they give me back 120%. They always go above and beyond what I ask them to do. They are the only class I in which I can get fluent English conversation all the time. They are incredibly hard-working, they find fun in every project, and they do everything with passion and zeal. In many classes there are students that complain, but not this group. And to top it all off, I have a great relationship with them.
I taught them a lesson on advertising, and I had them create a product and an advertisement for that product, and they had to try to sell their product in front of the class. The selling part of the project would maybe take 15 minutes at the most in my other classes... for this class it took 40 minutes because they like to do their job thoroughly.
After they told me about the "Seeing Off" party, I found it difficult to concentrate even though their projects were brilliant and funny, and my eyes wandered adoringly from time to time, gazing on each one, and hating the fact that this is soon coming to an end.
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