Preparing to Say Good-bye

We’ve made it! All exams, course work, and lessons are complete, but what’s left to do is say good-bye. Robin and I taught our last lesson at WESLI and finished it off by taking our students to a nearby Chinese restaurant. It was nice to get out of the classroom and communicate with our students one last time in a natural environment. I only wish we had done something like this sooner. As I talked to our students one on one I was able to see their strengths, intelligences, and pin point their weakness more clearly. I truly enjoyed our students and will miss them. They are the kinds of people I’d like to be connected to for a longtime, and in some cases I think I will.

As far as graduation goes we are literally minutes away. However, I had to say good-bye to Tom, our classmate who was voted as number one for asking the most questions, prematurely. Unfortunately, he won’t be able to attend the graduation because he has to report for military duty. It’s kind of funny, but I already miss him and his many questions.

When I made the decision to attend the MTTP program I didn’t stop to think about the relationships that I would form with my classmates. We bonded from the first day, and I have to credit our teachers for that. Right from the start they taught us to trust and rely on each other by creating a team oriented treasure hunt, and throughout the course re-enforced the value of a team by encouraging pair and group work followed by feedback. We all are equally qualified to teach anywhere, but the best part is that we truly be that, too.

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