I had a moment on Friday when I looked at a child and really thought, I could be making a different to your life. I'm keeping their gender and everything about the child private for privacy reasons and am only sharing the experience that could have been the experience of any child. I'm doing this for obvious reasons to protect any child in my care...
Anyway, this child is really not confident with their reading at all and I have been working with them since I have been there to try and encourage them to enjoy reading and to use what they know to read successfully. This Friday afternoon, I was a little tired and wanted it to be the end of the day already. We had decided we were going to focus on making the children finish their work rather than reading with them on this particular occasion. This child had finished their work and sheepishly went up to the teacher (not me) and quietly asked
"Do you think (my name- keeping this private to avoid anyone finding out the child via my connection) will read with me?"
The teacher smiled and told them to come and ask me, and I agreed happily. The child bound over to the table and was very eager to start reading. The day before, I had showed great interest in the story and kept getting excited modelling how pleasurable reading could be and I have reason to believe that some of my excitement has promoted her to be a lot more interested in reading. I think that in some respect, and I'm very tentatively saying this, I may have inspired her to want to read.
It was one of those moments when despite the week you've been having, you look at the child and you know you're making a difference. You know that you're changing someone's life in one way or another and helping to make it better.
It make me remember why I want to be a teacher and that perhaps I might actually be an alright teacher. There are days when I just think I'm the worst teacher in the world, but these little moments keep me going!
Those are my Saturday night muses
I love you all, keep smiling!
xxx
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