A picture Wrap-up of my last job

That's Kelly in the pink (or Kells as I called her). When I first started teaching at the school, I started with a strict and stern approach. I'm fine playing the role of the mean teacher as long as I have the students respect, and fear is an excellent tool for controlling a classroom.
My method initially rubbed Kelly the wrong way, and we had a lot of boundary crossing early on. After I figured out that it was necessary for me to relax my methods, I acted like a clown a lot and showed the children much more compassion for them, Kelly stuck to me like algae on a pond. She would always smile and laugh with me and was excellent in class and fought to be my favorite kids.

Sweet sweet Lucy. She is an absolute angel. Always smiling and always good, I am sad that I wont have her in class anymore. At their graduation, they were giving out flowers to the teachers, and she got a whole bouquet from our director for her excellence and on her way out, she took one flower out and gave it to me. So precious!


Sara, the goofball. She was one of the funnest students i may ever have. She was always ready to laugh even when she was mad, and as you can see she has a beautiful and warm smile that could cheer me up everyday. She was an absolute joker and the self appointed teachers assistant, and as Meaghan can attest to, she was a joy to have around. She was leaving the school for the new school year, and last I saw her she was crying uncontrollably because she was leaving her friends and teachers behind. (her best friend was Lucy)



These are some pictures from Sara's goodbye party (the second to last time I saw her). She's sprawled out on the floor in the one picture because she was very much against leaving at the end of the day. She started to act like her backpack was too heavy, or her legs didn't work and took way too long to leave. It was absolutely adorable and touching. I really will miss those kids.

Except that last one.
June was a devil-child.