The end of three bittersweet month's worth of sleepless nights, sweat and tears. The end of the most fulfilling time of my life getting to know the children that I teach, loving them and wanting the best that life can offer for them.
Had to give a speech in front of the assembly today. Had to choke back tears as I read my speech in front of the assembly:
"To all of you students. Without you I wouldn’t be a teacher.
To the classes that I teach – 5A, 4A & 4C, thank you for being such wonderful students. It’s been a pleasure teaching all of you. I hope that you’ve learnt as much from me as much as I did from you.
Most of all I hope you value what you’ve learnt. That you value your education and grow up to be all that you can be. I want all of you to realise that coming to school is not just about learning how to read, write, count; that it’s also about developing yourselves to become better persons.
If we meet again when you’ve grown up, I don’t just want to know that you know what nouns are, or that you can let me know what a climax of a story is, or whether you can tell me whether bear and bear is a homophone or a homograph.
I want to know that you’ve learnt how to be a better person in my class – that you know what friendship is, that to have friends you have to be a friend. That you know how to respect each other, and yourselves. That you know your roots, where you’ve come from, and that you make an effort to preserve your heritage. Can you promise me that?"
I meant everything that I said. There's nothing more I wish for them than to be the best they can be. I guess you never know how much you care about people until the time comes when you have to part...
Anyway, some pictures of the last day at school with 5A.
the cheeky monkey boys
my girls
with flowers from the girls
gifts and handmade cards from them
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