The End of an Era
Sometimes, over the span of a teaching career, you get an opportunity to spend an inordinate quantity of quality time with students. This has been the case for three students who have been a part of my language arts class curriculum embedded with Film and Digital Arts. All three students are “pathway completers” who finished four years of Film and Digital Arts along with Dramatic Writing/Theater.
This brings us to the chaos of the couch – or futon. Gifted to our class by a retiring teacher, the futon has been moved from classroom to classroom each year with the every relocation of our program. It has seen lots of relaxing, laughter, snacks (ew), and brainstorming. For four years the couch served these seniors well.
In the last class, on the last day, with a celebratory playlist, the couch met its demise. It literally cracked in half! There was a short ceremony followed by a funeral dirge to the dumpster. It was a fitting end for the futon as these seniors prepare to walk across the graduation stage and onto the world stage. I have no doubt that the memories and bonds they forged on the futon will stick with them for the remainder of their days. They have been good times. Someone, pass me a tissue.
FreelanceBeth 