trophy

today was one of the toughest days that i ever had and today i wished that i was invincible .... i was given 3 trophies to give to the 1st , 2nd and 3rd position students for doing well ... infact all of my students did well ... to me that is .. i think for the whole year i have tried my best to encourage them in whatever they do ... however to some i did not do what i was supposed to .. but in my heart i did ... well you cannot please everyone ....

i went and did the unthinkable .. i ordered two more trophies . the thing is no matter what that trophy has to be given to the right candidate even though you have two students who had the 1st position ... fair is fair ..


i admit that i was wrong in some ways or another even if i have given them each a present , i mean all of my students a gift , i still did not suppress the issue .. the issue is even though i went ahead to present them the gift , a trophy is still a trophy and it is to be given regardless of the gift ....

children are very special and to them when you give a gift , and if there is a trophy somewhere , you still have to give it to them ...


i learned a lesson today and i have found a solution to it and that is ... get the trophy ... give it to them and explain it later to my boss .. wink , wink ...

silence from the class

in a few days time , my students will be leaving me ... and for once i will hear nothing but silence ... hmmmm ... no more talking , laughter and tears ..... it has already started to seep into me .. like today only 12 turned up and by tomorrow most of them will not come ... i try to be brave for them .... i got each of them something small .. normally i do not get them any gifts but then again it's only once a year .....


they are the best bunch that i enjoy working with .. no, i am wrong actually i have enjoyed teaching them and every year i look forward to my new students .....
i have been trying to find the right words to say to them but it does not come .... i put it off , saying that i could always talk to them later but i am guessing again what does a bunch of kids want to hear ?


today some of my students went on a trip and you could just see that they were not their usual self .. maybe because i did not go along with them .. i don't know .. kids are like tightrope .. they become close to you and every awaken moment of their lives , when they get to school , it's you that they want to see the most .....you can say anything to them but at the end of they day , they look out for you ... i think that is what makes it so special being around children ....


so where do i go from here ? my hopes and prayers will always be with them .... wishing them all the best .. the best is yet to come ...