It’s days like today that make me realize just how much I actually
do enjoy my job in the after school program and how much I will miss it when I finally
close the chapter on it. And it also
makes me realize that other people will miss me as well.
Amber (aide from last year) wanted to stop by and check in
on the students. She ended up staying
over an hour just hanging out with the kids and with me and Jess (Amber worked
with both of us last year…the other aides from last year have since moved
on). I had forgotten just how awesome
Amber was and it really was great to see her again. She’s student teaching at the moment and is
loving her kindergarten group.
And then towards the end of the day, Vincent stopped
by. He was one of my students a few
years back. He was definitely one of the
more challenging students but he was also a favorite of mine. It’s just really refreshing to know that even
though we butted heads more times than naught, I was still a good enough
teacher that I made a connection there. Life
threw him a number of curve balls all at once, but he seems to be doing really
well right now and has quite a bit of his life already mapped out. He’s wanting to go to West Point – and even
though that’s Army based, he does eventually want to go into the Navy to try
out for the Seals. I told him that if
that’s what he really wanted to do, while he’s in the Army, he might check out
the Rangers. He remembered that my
husband was an Airborne Ranger for a number of years. I really do wish Vincent all the best. He’s more than earned it.
So yeah, just having Shitty McCreepy Pants off my campus, it’s
really lightened the mood. We, as a
campus, joke more and goof off more. The
staff isn’t always on edge because they never know when or where he’ll pop up,
or what he’ll say to the students. It’s
really allowed all of us to relax and get back to what we enjoy the most –
being silly with the students.
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