Trail of Tears

      I am officially done with my regular education student teaching placement.  Yesterday was the last day in my second grade classroom...and man was it a hard day to get through.  On one hand I was excited that I am getting closer and closer to getting my own classroom.  On the other hand,  I never wanted this day to come because I love my students, my school, and the people in it.   Needless to say, it was going to be a very hard day.  All week my students had been asking why I had to leave, where I was going, and whether or not I would ever come back to see them.  I spent the majority of my week reassuring them that I was not getting kicked out of the school and I was only going to a new school ten minutes down the road...THEY WOULD SEE ME AGAIN!!!  Now it is finally my last day.  As soon as I walk in the classroom  I see that everything is decorated with streamers and signs for me.  This is when it really hit me that I would not be coming back to the classroom with these students.  It was a tough day to get through and it did not make it any better when the all of the kids decided to cry during their music class.  The music teacher could not even get through class because they were crying so loud.  I heard about this from another teacher who could hear my students crying in the office.  I went down to the office to get them, thinking I could calm them down and get them back into music class.  This was not the plan my students had because I spent the last 30 minutes of my prep sitting outside the music class with two students while they cried.  I was glad that they loved me, but it did not make it any easier to leave them at the end of the day.  Despite the sadness, it was a fun day in my classroom.  My teacher had a surprise party for me, which means lots of new goodies for my classroom!  After that we all went outside and ate popsicles and enjoyed the sunshine.  I am sad to be leaving,  I truly did enjoy my time with my second graders!