2 blogs in one night, so crazy! But I needed to process through something that happened this week and this seemed as good a way as any.
One of my students left us today. She just moved houses and is going to be going to a new school.
She had been talking about this coming for a while, but things fell through and then she was still here and then randomly she was all "I'm leaving this Friday" and now she is gone.
Her brother brought her by, she packed up her desk and left.
And that's it.
I will likely never see her again.
I'm not going to pretend like this particular student was a walk in the park. If you have heard me talk about student teaching at all, you have heard me talk about her.
She is difficult, she is sassy, she can be extremely stubborn and disrespectful.
Sometimes I honestly wanted to strangle her.
But I also loved her. She is honestly one of my favorites.
As rude as she could be, she could also be wonderful and fun. She is hysterical and crazy.
Most of all, she is so incredibly smart and has so much potential, if she would only just work hard and do her best.
I'm super sad to see her leave our class, but I am also just extremely worried about what is going to happen at her new school. In the wrong environment, without teachers willing to challenge her (both intellectually, but also stand up to her when she can be disrespectful), I am worried of how she could end up.
So much potential could be wasted.
And we had just been making gains. Two weeks ago, we had the worst week, but since then, we had been getting along a lot better. She was still herself, but I was finding ways to connect with her and get through to her.
And now she's gone.
I don't really have anything else to say, except that his whole thing just sucks. It sucks that our community is being thrown off, it sucks that she has to make this huge transition in the middle of the year, it sucks that she is going to be going to a pretty awful school, and it just all sucks.
And there isn't anything I can do about it.
I have to believe that God has a plan for her. That He knows what is going on here. That He is going to be with her and protect. That she will know that Mrs. S and I loved her and somehow that will have made an impact on her.
Her name is on a list with my other students on my mirror to remind me to pray for them. It will stay on that list.
I'm going to miss that crazy girl.
One of my students left us today. She just moved houses and is going to be going to a new school.
She had been talking about this coming for a while, but things fell through and then she was still here and then randomly she was all "I'm leaving this Friday" and now she is gone.
Her brother brought her by, she packed up her desk and left.
And that's it.
I will likely never see her again.
I'm not going to pretend like this particular student was a walk in the park. If you have heard me talk about student teaching at all, you have heard me talk about her.
She is difficult, she is sassy, she can be extremely stubborn and disrespectful.
Sometimes I honestly wanted to strangle her.
But I also loved her. She is honestly one of my favorites.
As rude as she could be, she could also be wonderful and fun. She is hysterical and crazy.
Most of all, she is so incredibly smart and has so much potential, if she would only just work hard and do her best.
I'm super sad to see her leave our class, but I am also just extremely worried about what is going to happen at her new school. In the wrong environment, without teachers willing to challenge her (both intellectually, but also stand up to her when she can be disrespectful), I am worried of how she could end up.
So much potential could be wasted.
And we had just been making gains. Two weeks ago, we had the worst week, but since then, we had been getting along a lot better. She was still herself, but I was finding ways to connect with her and get through to her.
And now she's gone.
I don't really have anything else to say, except that his whole thing just sucks. It sucks that our community is being thrown off, it sucks that she has to make this huge transition in the middle of the year, it sucks that she is going to be going to a pretty awful school, and it just all sucks.
And there isn't anything I can do about it.
I have to believe that God has a plan for her. That He knows what is going on here. That He is going to be with her and protect. That she will know that Mrs. S and I loved her and somehow that will have made an impact on her.
Her name is on a list with my other students on my mirror to remind me to pray for them. It will stay on that list.
I'm going to miss that crazy girl.
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