This past couple of weeks I have had some incredible ups and some dissapointing downs. As with school years that come to an end many people are tired and stressed out. The pressure of getting reports done, packing up your room and keeping the kids on task leaves you watching the clock. First you count the weeks, then days until finally you are counting down the hours, minutes and ultimately the seconds before you bid farewell to your class. I will be sad to let my kids go tomorrow, they have been a beautiful group but all good things must come to an end.
At the moment they are the best thing about work for me. I have been tested of late. My patience and more importantly my morals. Some days I really don't like the person that I am. Negative, tired and emotional. Done. There is no other word for it I just feel done.
I have so many things to be grateful for and I know that but at the moment it has been very difficult to see through the hierachy, double standards and down right abuse of power that I have had to witness daily.
Then sometimes out of nowhere a stranger makes it all ok again. This stranger came in the form of a young girl who was playing in an alleyway just near where I live. As I walked past her she sang in her sweet little voice 'Bonjour, ca va?' 'Salamalikum, ca va' I replied, a smile creeping onto my face. As I continued to walk I heard the patter of a little persons feet, she was right there behind me. 'Schnoo smetek? (What is your name?) I asked her. 'Yasmine' she softly replied. 'Metsherfine, Yasmine' (Nice to meet you, Yasmine) 'Izwena' she sang a little louder this time. You can't help but feel like everything is going to be ok when a young girl pops into your day and tells you you're beautiful. Life feels good again. Thank you Yasmine.
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