July 23, 2008

LAST DAY! To be honest there isn't much to say. We started off with math problems like any other day, but, after class-wide insistence, we spent classtime sitting in a circle and playing the "what I like most about you" game. Some of the best comments were: "Mr. LeBon-Hsu is really funny," "Mr. LeBon-Hsu talks Spanish really fast," and "Mr. LeBon-Hsu runs really fast." (I told the kids that I had run track in high school, so every day at lunch they would challenge me to a race.)
Before lunch, the kids and the teachers made cards for each other. Here are some samples:




I can't help but remember what Dr. Walker warned us of before we began teaching--you will fall in love with these kids, but it'll hurt because you'll only have them for a month. I remember doubting that attachments could form so quickly over the course of a few weeks, but he was completely correct. I have an image frozen in my head of each and every student in the class--an image I will have with me regardless of what happens over the next few years. In my head, I can't help but think about all the difficulties they'll face with other teachers in other schools. But I'd like to think I made an important, if minute, contribution to their learning experience, both academic and social. I'll miss them all.