If you had told me before I started teaching that I would be doing what we are doing now, I would have laughed at you! Mainly because Google was not even heard of yet when I was studying. Yup, I old schooled it. Text books, photocopies and highlighters were the tools of my learning way back then!

It has been tough to not be face to face with my class. You get so much energy from kids when they are learning. They laugh (a lot), they shout with excitement and skip with joy. Sure, they cry and yell too sometimes but the good outweighs it by far.

It was thrilling to laugh out loud this week when I was providing feedback to some of my students. 

One was a beautiful heartfelt and honest reflection on how to show kindness. Her example was sharing her chicken nuggets with her siblings with a tone of voice that expressed her true desire to eat them all! And the second a train of thought message from a student on her google doc about how she was discovering a tricky answer and her excitement when she worked it out. 

I am so grateful that we have the capacity to be connected.  So grateful that this week when the news was a little sobering that I was reminded of the joys of my work. So grateful that students are still eager to share their life with me.

I hope that the holidays provide you some deep rest.  Sleep-ins, cups of tea and good books are on the agenda for me.