Friday, October 19, 2007
Officially Sad :(
So Raspucia's absolute last day was today. She seemed ok when we first started working on her word stuff... but she kept zoning out every couple of minutes. Then when we were working on Candy Land again (this time by ourselves) she told me she was sad about having to leave her friends and about leaving school because "she wants to learn". so instead of pushing her to do her other assignments (which she obviously was not in the mood for) I had her do a different one. I told her to write in her notebook first on how she felt about going to Florida. she came up with words like, nice, good, family, you know... easy things... so then I told her to write about how she felt about her friends at Charles Fortes, not how she felt leaving them mind... that comes into play later... but again she used good, nice and then she went on to sad, and i will miss playing with them, and i will miss my teachers. after that i let her talk about it... she seemed to feel better after that which was good. when it was almost time for me to go and for her to go back to class, thats when she went into sudden panic mode. she doesnt want to go on the plane by herself, and she doesnt want to walk down the tunnel connecting the plane to the terminal by herself. shes worried that her aunt won't be there to pick her up on the other side... and all sorts of other things like that, which naturally a second grader should be worried about. I felt terrible though, she was leaning on me and it felt like she was nearly in tears the entire time. I tried to reassure her as best i could, and thats when she told me that i was her best friend and that she liked me cuz i did a good job as a tutor and because i helped her learn things that she didnt get before. yeah... miss cahoon almost cried... so when she finally calmed down a bit i brought her back into class and just told ms. taylor that she may need a little extra reassuring because she was very nervous about leaving. then she let Raspucia give me a hug, which made me more upset... and then she had to go back to class.... i miss her already :( she was a great kid :( ms. taylor already has another student ready to be shifted to me, which is good... but its like starting from square one... i was used to Raspucia, and she was used to me and we had formed a bond... so now i'll have to do that all over again with Norbit, the young boy that has been assigned to me (and yes, another name from the movie).
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