This year is new in many ways:
- Two new English teachers: Ms Johnson and Ms Harter
- A renewed and vigorous view of technology (iPods in science classes!)
- A new 9th grade class (We ARE glad you are all here!)
- A fresh new perspective!
School is one place where each fall we get to start fresh. We should not underestimate the value this has on our point of view and state of mind. I think it’s healthy. We need to start over in life, to begin from new places.
It’s kind of like picking beans. I have pole beans that grow profusely on an arbor over my garden gate. Just when I think I’ve picked all that I can pick, I look again from a different angle. Or I go away for a minute to pick a tomato, and when I come back, I see what I did not see before. Inevitably I find at least a handful that seemed invisible only minutes before.
Looking at the year ahead, I realize that I am fortunate not only to begin again (for the 21st time), but also to be able to see things in a new way with the help of new teachers, new students, and even “old” students who have stepped back for a bit and can see the beans that they could not see before.