Something has been bugging me lately.
Not in the sense of annoying but has go me thinking alot.
Let me explain.
I get this comment at least once a month, sometimes once a week and every time I get this comment, the same question arises ?
Huh ?
My perplexed facial expression usually accompanies it.
I get it from my Sec.2 kids but mostly from my Sec.4`s and lately from my Sec.3`s whom I don`t teach before next August.
Here`s what they say in general :
" We like you teaching us, you`re like a mom. "
Huh ?
And honestly, I am happy to hear it, pleased with the compliment, flattered by the honesty, it`s simply the sweetest thing to hear from your students, but I don`t understand it.
Am I a teacher, a mom or teacher-mom to my kids, I mean, my students ?
Do I mother-hen them too much ?
Is it because I treat them like they are my kids when they are in my class ?
Guilty.
Should I stop ?
Well, to be brutally honest, I couldn`t even if my life depended on it.
I`ve always taught that way.
Is it because I was an elementary teacher at the very beginning of my career ?
Probably.
But then again, I don`t treat my students like elementary students.
But what if I do ?
The students always tell me this because they appreciate and enjoy the mothering but the question is : WHAT MOTHERING ?!
I really do not have the impression I mother my students.
So I give them caramel once in a while.
Other teachers do different but very similar gestures also.
I didn`t reinvent the wheel here.
So what is it the " mothering " thing.
Thing I have always wanted to stay away from to the point of not wanting any kids of my own ( I`m so glad I changed my mind concerning that issue ).
Do I enjoy being told this by one of my students : Yes siree Bob !
Do I get it ?
No.
But then , why fix something that isn`t broken or overanalyze something that is quite simple ?
Some things are just better left unsaid.
On that, mom is going to get dinner ready without burning it and the house down.
Wish me luck .
No rest for the wicked.
Tata,
Annie
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HUmm, what a wonderful reflexion..
I'm thinking about it and i certainly had this in mind too thinking of you! I mean, Karyna and you love your students unconditonnaly, but not in the same way thouh.
And i agree with your kids in sec.2 n 3 n 4...you're like a second mom, in school. And honestly, i think that's a part that explain why we are so close together in intenssive and that close with you.
Anyway, people can think what the want, but you're an unique and a ggreeeeeeat teacher in esjn.
Tata :)
Jessica
XxX
I love you !
God knows Karyna spoils her students rotten.
Like I said, why fix something that ain`t broken?
I do have to admit that like my own kids, my students are the smartest and cutest students ever, on the planet.
Jozée Sioui and I had this conversation a few years back at the Biodôme in Montreal.
There were lots of students from other school and we thought : " Gee our students are just the cutest and nicest aren`t they?"
And we were dead serious.
When you have kids of your own, you`ll understand. God,I sound like my grandma....I`m pathetic.
Talk to ya soon sweetie,
xx
It's because you are always there for your students, you always said your little joke or your little story, you always laugh, you help your student, you are a very good teacher and you know what is a student (yes a lot of teacher simes don't know that)
It's for that we always said that you are a other mom for us.
take care, little angel ;)
see you tomorrow
-xxx-
Ooooh Anonymous, wish I knew who you were so I could thank and hug you for that comment!
Thanks for shedding a light on the subject and adding warmth to my heart at the same time.
With students like you, my job isn`t work but an adventure ( I love adventure ! ).
Thank you for the jaw-dropping moment.Totally appreciate it.
Annie xx
Hi,
I'm back...it's me anonymous(sorry I forgot to put the name) ...I think that you don't have to tanks my comment because it's just the true.Your are a very good teacher and I tink that when the students call your their "seconde mother" it's because they know that they can trust you.
Arha
Ps: Sorry for the name.
Hey Annie!
I think you're the best teacher ever. I love the way you make a class become fun. You always have something to tell, and it's always so funny to hear. When I put my feet in your class, it always makes my day! Seriously. I'll miss you soooooooooooooooooooooooo much! 4 classes left it's to short. IMPOSSIBLE. I'll miss you, your classes and all of your stories. You know what's the only thing who makes me sad about the ending of the year? To leave you. That's it. I just don't want it to finish. You're my favorite teacher. And this will never change. Even if I don't have you back. Anyway, I understand those students because I think the same way. ahah ! Oh! and by the way, I'll have a lil' something for you tomorrow. I'll come to the 219 to give it to you even if I don't have a class. So, see you tomorrow!
I love youuuuuuuu!
Roxanne P. x x x
(sorry if I have some mistakes! )
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