As I sit by the lake – sun shining bright, laughter all around, and the beautiful expanse of water stretched out before me – I find myself thinking about the school year that recently ended. About my students. About the ones I may never see again.
I spent 180 days with these kids. Teaching them, guiding them, supporting them – not just academically, but socially, emotionally, behaviorally. Trying, every day, to help them grow into people of integrity. And now…they’re gone.
Bittersweet. That’s the only word that ever fits.
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Thom R. Smith 