lots of “love notes” … and a few tears
I asked that the teachers not tell the students until the end of the week that I am leaving, simply because it’s too disruptive ~ I wanted to keep the questions about “why?” to a dull roar. But they know … I’m not sure how it was announced, but they know.
I started getting the “love notes”. I came back to my desk between periods to find stacks of notes composed by the boys, messages ranging from a simple “Goodbye.” or “Thank you.” to “Teacher, I love you! When will you come see me again?”
The boys think that I’m leaving because they did something wrong. (Remember, I’m the third Guest English Teacher to leave the school in the past 9 months …) The administration will suggest that teachers leave because “it is very difficult to work with the middle school boys”. I don’t know why the other teachers left and frankly, I don’t care ~ but I would bet that it’s NOT the boys. You love ’em, you hate ’em. They can be adorable little men or the devil’s spawn. They’re just kids … it’s very unlikely that a teacher would leave because of the kids.
The kids have not idea what is going on with North Korea. If I told them that I am leaving because I don’t feel safe here they would not understand – the adults don’t acknowledge it and they definitely do not talk about it with the kids.
Sigh ….
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Nancy