Our little Stella started school this fall. It has been life changing. I cannot believe how much she’s learned in just one short month. And, most important, how much she loves it. She picks out her little outfits each morning, requests different types of braids most days, and then off she goes. When she gets home, she is so eager to do her homework that we work on it right away. We’ve set up a chalkboard in the living room so she can pretend she is the teacher. She has an entire class of well-behaved stuffed animals and dolls.
With only two kiddos at home, I am in awe of her teacher’s abilities to teach and love an entire room full of children. Every day.
A friend from our little town of Moscow, Idaho is the school counselor at the school that is across the street from the United States Embassy in Tunisia that was attacked September 14.
In honor of World Teachers’ Day today, I am reminded how small our world is. I am reminded what a privilege it is to learn and to have teachers willing to teach. Half a world away, teachers surrounded by chaos, sat down, dusted off books, smiled, and got ready for another day.
The amazing teachers of the world are in my thoughts today and, specifically, those relocating to a lunch room so they can still offer the kind of joy to their students that is offered to my kindergartner every day.
