Reblogged from A VIEW FROM THE EDGE
It is mid-August and you have arrived for the first day of teacher professional development.
You are so excited!
There are only three days until a new class of students enters your classroom for the first time. You look forward to the start of a new school year. You can’t wait to see the kids’ smiles, learn their names and personalities, and guide them through another year of learning and discovery.
You have spent your summer immersed in personal growth: reading books, planning with colleagues, and taking classes to enhance your skills as an educator. You have spent many hours organizing and preparing your classroom. Your bulletin boards are finished, your first week of lessons and learning activities are ready to go, and your room is as clean as a whistle.
You are ready and excited for the first day of school. You think to yourself, “This is going to be a fantastic year. I just know it!”
But then … as you prepare your seating charts for the first day of school, you notice something.
A name.