Today was the last day at the junior high (do not think this means the last of the jr. high stories though!). And I knew it would be very hard to say goodbye, because I really, truly love those kids. Essentially, my goal was not to cry, and I didn't... until I was pulling out of the parking lot after school.
I did observations all of this week, but I went in to my classes to say goodbye today. I brought them some candy (which is guaranteed to make them happy), and prepared a little "thanks for a great semester" spiel... They did a much better job.
They made me "postcards" on posterboards with cute little notes. They were all great, but some of my favorites include:
- "Thank you for being so cool. You are definetely (sic) my favorite teacher. I have never heard a teacher say 'legit,' but you are legit!" (I said "legit" in class once and they thought it was the best thing that ever happened in their educational history)
- "Hey, thanks for a great term. You made English kinda fun." Kinda. Okay, I'm cool with that.
- "Come back!!!"
They also made me a very cute certificate because they thought that a diploma wasn't good enough. The story behind it is that the other day one of my very favorite students asked me if I got a certificate for finishing student teaching. I told him that I would get my diploma at the end of the month, but there wasn't really a special certificate for it. He thought that was unthinkable. So... I was presented with the following today:
Congratulations
We the class of Ms. Miley presents this certificate to
Ms. Wardle
This certifies that she has successfully survived the seventh grade with a smile.
I think that might be one of the best things that I've ever been given! So, it's really pretty amazing that I made it to the parking lot.
6 comments:
Aub that is awesome! I'm so glad you had a good experience and not a nightmare with your teaching!
aww...how cute and fun and all that. I'm glad for you to be finished. lucky, I still have 29 teaching days left. I miss the 7th grade carefree days...
Sounds like you made a mark. Oh the days of 7th grade...Congrats on being done!
Oh, wow! That's so sweet. I still remember my middle school student teachers. No doubt these kids will be talking about their favorite memories of you at their ten year reunion.
Thanks guys! I hope they remember me as being a little less of a total dork and more as a super cool teacher. They were pretty gullible, so it's possible : )
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