“Good morning, class. Are you all here? Ready to go to the lab?” I've made it in time, yes, and as usual, on Monday mornings, they have been busy exchanging anecdotes from their weekend fun, so not actually noticing my absence or longing for my arrival. We go out of their classroom. Chatting and smiling along the empty passage, headphones in one hand and a notebook in the other (them), carrying my heavy book bag and my heavy thoughts (me). We reach the lab, take our seats and start our lesson. We previously read some excerpts from the book Wonder, we discussed them and oh! they really did great seen their lack of competence in the English language. Motivation is all! Now we are going to watch a few scenes from the movie. The lights go off. I can’t find my way to clicking the bottom left side of the screen for a few seconds and in the total silence of the room a boy is whispering to his mate: “this story is very beautiful, pity you’ve missed our previous lesson”. I smile and I click, at last. On our screens Mr Browne is giving his first lesson to Auggie Pullman and to his mates in a large colourful classroom. “This is our precept this month: When given the choice between being right or being kind, choose kind”. I sigh. Teaching makes my life much, much better.
“When given the choice between being right or being kind, choose kind” - Wonder by R.J. Palacio
“Good morning, class. Are you all here? Ready to go to the lab?” I've made it in time, yes, and as usual, on Monday mornings, they have been busy exchanging anecdotes from their weekend fun, so not actually noticing my absence or longing for my arrival. We go out of their classroom. Chatting and smiling along the empty passage, headphones in one hand and a notebook in the other (them), carrying my heavy book bag and my heavy thoughts (me). We reach the lab, take our seats and start our lesson. We previously read some excerpts from the book Wonder, we discussed them and oh! they really did great seen their lack of competence in the English language. Motivation is all! Now we are going to watch a few scenes from the movie. The lights go off. I can’t find my way to clicking the bottom left side of the screen for a few seconds and in the total silence of the room a boy is whispering to his mate: “this story is very beautiful, pity you’ve missed our previous lesson”. I smile and I click, at last. On our screens Mr Browne is giving his first lesson to Auggie Pullman and to his mates in a large colourful classroom. “This is our precept this month: When given the choice between being right or being kind, choose kind”. I sigh. Teaching makes my life much, much better.
“Good morning, class. Are you all here? Ready to go to the lab?” I've made it in time, yes, and as usual, on Monday mornings, they have been busy exchanging anecdotes from their weekend fun, so not actually noticing my absence or longing for my arrival. We go out of their classroom. Chatting and smiling along the empty passage, headphones in one hand and a notebook in the other (them), carrying my heavy book bag and my heavy thoughts (me). We reach the lab, take our seats and start our lesson. We previously read some excerpts from the book Wonder, we discussed them and oh! they really did great seen their lack of competence in the English language. Motivation is all! Now we are going to watch a few scenes from the movie. The lights go off. I can’t find my way to clicking the bottom left side of the screen for a few seconds and in the total silence of the room a boy is whispering to his mate: “this story is very beautiful, pity you’ve missed our previous lesson”. I smile and I click, at last. On our screens Mr Browne is giving his first lesson to Auggie Pullman and to his mates in a large colourful classroom. “This is our precept this month: When given the choice between being right or being kind, choose kind”. I sigh. Teaching makes my life much, much better.