Ramblings of a teacher...

This week has been crazy to say the least. We had several inches of snow melt in less than 2 days with 60 degree weather. On top of that, we got rain dumped on us and many of the roads around here were closed due to flooding. On Monday, a very interesting turn of events occurred. First, one of my students came to tell me all about her break and the fact that she got a new car for Christmas. I was excited for her...she's a great girl! Then, during my 3rd Mod class a student was crying telling me that her community was flooded and that the fire department had to bring boats out to their trailers just to get them to safety. It amazes me- the diversity at my school. There are students that come from multi-million dollar homes in "OD" and ones that don't have a home, or ones whose homes are a wreck. I just gave a presentation to our faculty on Povertyin Decemeber. The most interesting thing is that everyone in every economical class can be in poverty if you consider all resources- financial, emotional, support systems, spiritual, etc. And truly to make a complete assessment you'll have to consider all resources. This makes teaching complex- their resources or lack there of, makes teaching the various levels compounded. However, there is nothing like being greeted back to work by tons of students telling me they missed me and couldn't wait to talk again. Sure does make it all worth it! I'm going to miss them as well after this semester- which ends next week after their finals. :(