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In five days, I'm leaving the teaching job I've had for 25 years and taking a new position at a new cyber school in my area. I accepted the job less than one month into the school year and hadn't anticipated how much my leaving would affect my students as I hadn't established a relationship with them yet. This past week has been a rough one. The IEP students (I spend the most time with them) have been tearing up over little things, acting out, etc and it dawned on me that they were struggling with the upcoming unknown (and they just might actually miss me!!)
Anyway, I share Seamus and Bentley stories and photos on a daily basis. They think I'm a little nutty, but that's ok. Many have been asking for me to bring them in. With how emotional everyone has been, I thought today would be a good day. Bentley is not ready yet, so Seamus got to spend the day with just me (and several hundred students).
I am just so proud of my boy who has been an incredible brat lately!!! He was pet and hugged and brushed and walked for 8 hours and was so, so incredibly good and tolerant the entire time. Some boys tried to teach him how to roll over....it was hysterical. The life skills class came to my room to visit and one boy, who has never initiated a conversation, started to tell me how he expected that he was coming to see a stuffed animal that looked like a bear and was surprised at how big Seamus was. He also talked and talked about how soft he was
One boy with emotional issues got on the floor with him and used him as a pillow. Another student whom I have never seen smile was "training" him and got him to catch a piece of his apple he was sharing with Seamus. I got the GREATEST picture of a huge smile. If I can figure out how to get the pic from the phone to photobucket to here, I will share it.
Another young man has been a real thorn in my side lately. I never anticipated him looking for excuses to find us throughout the building so he could spend time with Seamus. I took a photo of the two of them and got his cell number so I could send him the photo. When I left for the day, I got a text from him saying "thanks, this was the best day ever"
My boy knew who needed him most no matter what class we were in. He obeyed every command from them, ate all their treats (that I brought in ) and just showed them the love! ALL day we heard, "I love him, he's so cute, look at that slobber, WATCH OUT he's shaking his head, etc" I am so very proud of him. Eight hours was a long time to be perfect, but he was.
I just had to share....thanks for reading!
Anyway, I share Seamus and Bentley stories and photos on a daily basis. They think I'm a little nutty, but that's ok. Many have been asking for me to bring them in. With how emotional everyone has been, I thought today would be a good day. Bentley is not ready yet, so Seamus got to spend the day with just me (and several hundred students).
I am just so proud of my boy who has been an incredible brat lately!!! He was pet and hugged and brushed and walked for 8 hours and was so, so incredibly good and tolerant the entire time. Some boys tried to teach him how to roll over....it was hysterical. The life skills class came to my room to visit and one boy, who has never initiated a conversation, started to tell me how he expected that he was coming to see a stuffed animal that looked like a bear and was surprised at how big Seamus was. He also talked and talked about how soft he was
One boy with emotional issues got on the floor with him and used him as a pillow. Another student whom I have never seen smile was "training" him and got him to catch a piece of his apple he was sharing with Seamus. I got the GREATEST picture of a huge smile. If I can figure out how to get the pic from the phone to photobucket to here, I will share it.
Another young man has been a real thorn in my side lately. I never anticipated him looking for excuses to find us throughout the building so he could spend time with Seamus. I took a photo of the two of them and got his cell number so I could send him the photo. When I left for the day, I got a text from him saying "thanks, this was the best day ever"
My boy knew who needed him most no matter what class we were in. He obeyed every command from them, ate all their treats (that I brought in ) and just showed them the love! ALL day we heard, "I love him, he's so cute, look at that slobber, WATCH OUT he's shaking his head, etc" I am so very proud of him. Eight hours was a long time to be perfect, but he was.
I just had to share....thanks for reading!
