Jimmy - Of Montreal // look up lyrics
It's not grammatically correct, but the message is clear - and such a huge idea for a 10 year old, let alone a non-English speaker.
I walked into class today and found this on the board. As far as I know, a student wrote it up there during the mid-morning break. I don't know who the author is, I don't know what motivated him/her to write it, I don't know if he/she even really understands it. Shoot, I don't know if I even understand it, but that question without the proper punctuation, it's hitting me hard, sticking with me like a tattoo sticks to a bum.
What do you want like in the life
I will tell you this (and hope that my class of 70 rowdy prepubescent kids doesn't make me take it back tomorrow), i want to be a wonderful teacher. I can't wait to have my own classroom, to know my students names, to find that familiar comfort that comes with time and experience - with people, with an occupation. I can't wait to be Ms. Nicole in a village somewhere, to know the personality that goes with a face, to understand why the same kid always sleeps in the back of the room while others always act out.
Maybe I can do this. Maybe.
This morning a kid asked me how old I was.
I told him to guess.
He said 24.
I said 64.
Another asked me about my children.
"It takes a village".
p.s. Wednesday, 11/11/09.
It's hump day.. not just because it's Wednesday, this is the half-way mark of staging.
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