This week I didn't teach at Jordan. Part of Artsbridge criteria in partnering with schools is that the partner teacher be present, and as I learned the other day: teaching with a substitute is very difficult. I feel really bad about not being there on Thursday, as I told the students I would be there every Thursday, and even assigned a journal entry. I don't want to add to the list of people who have walked out on the kids, that's not who I am. However, Amy and I worked it out, and I'll be teaching there again when my partner teacher returns from surgery. We have also made arrangements for me to start teaching at Dorsey High School in March. I'm excited about Dorsey... I'll be working with advanced students who sound incredible. Everything happens for a reason, I'm just going to go with the flow.
Last Thursday, several classes from Jordan came to our campus to see the "Flesh and Blood" show and the Condom dress exhibit. I met them and the student who was the most excited to see me was the girl who had been testing me and giving me a hard time, how funny. That was a wonderful field trip, it was such a blessing to see the eyes of all the students lit up and inspired. It was obvious that this trip got them excited about the possibilities for their own futures, many of them were saying, "I want to come here!"
For me, the day served as a good dose of medicine, it countered the last Thursday and left me feeling inspired.
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