I'm sitting at home on the couch watching the Olympics. First of all, how addicting is watching the Olympics? Michael Phelps & Katie Ledecky have to have been dolphins in past life. Anyways. It's been an interesting day. My family and I attended a funeral today for my uncle's dad. Funerals always make you think about everything! There's a ton of things on my mind, but there are a few that really stick out to me.
My uncle spoke at the funeral, and it was a very emotional, heartfelt speech. What I loved about it was his final thought. He challenged each one of us listening to reach out to our loved ones and let them know how much we care about them. We don't when we won't be able to talk to our loved ones. Don't we all have someone that we could reach out to, but we always find a reason not to. There's a person in my head right now that I need to reach out to. I'm definitely going to accept that challenge, and I would like to extend that challenge to anybody reading this.
One of the other things pressing on my mind is the upcoming school year. How could it not be? The first official day back for teachers is in less than 48 hours. This is my last non school night of the summer! To be honest, I'm SO excited to get back to work. I'm ready, and I've really been ready for a couple of weeks now. I'm looking forward to this upcoming week. I get to be back with my team and working with them, and also with all the other wonderful ladies (& Coach Baker) that I work with. Then I also get to meet my knew group of kiddos. I was looking online at the kids that I got and they are all adorable. They're all adorable in the beginning though ;) I can't wait to meet them. I think that they have found out who their teacher will be, and I hope that they are excited to have me. I know that I'm excited to have them! I can't wait to get working with my homeroom kiddos and the whole 4th grade group.
Which brings me to my last thought. I'm thinking about my kids from last year. I miss them (they better come say hi to me on Tuesday!!) On Facebook, there's a group of all the parents for the class of 2024 which is the group of kids that I just had. I'm in the group, and I got a notification today of two 5th grade teachers requesting to join the group. The first thought that crossed my mind was, "I'm not their teacher anymore." I was like woah. As great as that first year was, it's on to the next one. Everybody is talking about who their kids teacher is, and I'm so excited for all of them to be 5th graders this year. It's such a great group of kids, and I was very blessed to have them as my first group of kids. What I really took away, though, was that I will NEVER forget that group of kids. They were my first group, and I've got a really good memory ;) They have left a lasting impact, and I will never forget them. I have our class picture framed on my book shelf at my apartment. I'm a bit of a nostalgic kinda guy. I love those kids. All of them not just my homeroom. I can only hope that I left a positive lasting impression. But you know what the best part is? I'm about to get a whole new group of kids to make an impact on. That excites me! That first group will always hold a special place in my heart, but I'm so lucky that I'm going to continue getting new kiddos each year to work with.
Summer is over, but that doesn't mean the fun times have to stop. I can't wait to get working, and I can't wait to make an impact on this next group of kiddos!
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