I got picked! I got picked!!!
So…the tradition at Arbor View is that the football players each get to chose their favorite teacher to escort them out on the field during the homecoming assembly in front of the whole school. When it happened last year, I didn’t know but one football player and he didn’t pick me. All year long I would give him shit about it. He would say “can I go to the bathroom?” And I would reply, “well maybe if I was your favorite teacher….”
This year I have a bunch of football players. Including one that I LOVE. Damien Johnson. He is such a great kid. Going to be someone amazing some day… He asked me 3 weeks ago to wear his jersey. And of course, I jumped up and down and said “yay!!”
Then, the plot twist. It turns out, the seniors are the ones who get first “draft picks” of the teachers. So the negotiations started and Damien did his best to negotiate with the other players for me. It was adorable. He would come in every day saying “I talked so-and-so out of it…” Then, the day came for choosing. Choosing day, if you will. And there was a SWOOP. That kid…from last year…who was always my favorite (Noah Noce)….that I gave so much shit too. HE CHOSE ME!!! I feel bad for Damien cause he invested so much in me! But Noah?! He owes me 🙂
WAHOO!! So, I am wearing Noah’s jersey and trying desperately to come up with a fun “walk” to make our time special. I can’t express how great I feel!!
Mike says I’m being ridiculous. He says “you’re acting like you are IN high school, not teaching it.” And to him I say “WHO CARES?!” This is an honor. An honor that I was “fought over” for favorite teacher. An honor that I had multiple students who want to parade ME down the field as their favorite teacher. It’s moments like this that will keep me going for years.
And I write it down so that I can look back and read this when I feel like I want to punch kids!
Homecoming 2015. Awesome
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