The room is packed. The desks are gone. The chairs are stacked five deep and eight wide across the back counter. I am eating almonds for the last time of the 09/10 school year. Some of my students were amazing, some were nightmares, and many fell somewhere in between depending on the time of day and the position of the moon. Nearly all were memorable, and today was the last time I will see many of them.
I look out the window to my right, peeling back the vertical blinds. Something squeaks, but the quad is deserted, as are the basketball courts and what section of the field I can see. More desks are stacked against the mechanical building.
One young lady with an admirable sense of humor gave me this parting gift:
AJ gave me this picture. The lad pictured in the bottom right has had his work featured on this blog below. The scene depicted is a fairly accurate recreation of one of our analogy lessons from the end of the year. I love stuff like this.
Now I will go to an end of the year/retirement party, say goodbye to some people who I may never see again for the rest of my life.
Goodbye 2009/2010.
