Not Ready to Say Goodbye...

This is my last week with my seventh graders! Things have been so amazing and I don't want to leave. After having that conversation with my mentor teacher before Thanksgiving break, about learning to have fun and find a balance between school and life, every single day in the classroom has been amazing, even when things were falling apart! Our talk helped me realize that this job is as fun as you make it! I also think that after establishing a connection with my kiddos it made all the difference. Once they saw that I wanted them to succeed and that I cared about them their attitudes toward me and my class completely changed! It is a phenomenal feeling to wake up everyday excited to go to school because you know it's going to be fun! I don't know what I would have done without this placement and my amazing mentor teacher and my terrific seventh graders! I am lucky...