Good-bye

Friday November 12, 2010

It’s so hard to say good-bye, but what a way to do it. This was my last Edson’s class this afternoon. I had a very average lesson plan put together, a word search with new vocabulary, a reading and discussion and finished off with a rousing game of Boulderdash. After many good laughs the boys asked me pull out my video “Flip” to say good-bye. They all left me with a message, regards to my friends and family and some with their hopes for the future. To my surprise they ended our day with a good-bye song one of them had written for me. They all rehearsed rapping the simple chorus of the numbers 1,2,3; 3,2,1 and Serviano chanting out a few lines. They’re not going to make it to Hollywood like they might hope, but the effort and thought was priceless.

For the rest of the evening I heard about how what a great job they did, how kind my boys are and how lucky I was to have gotten to teach them and make the kind of connection I did with them. It’s not that everyone doesn’t love the people they teach at Edson’s but they are not all able to hold a conversation and communicate enough to build the same kind of bond. I do know how lucky I am, and am so appreciative. Good luck to you all!