I'm six weeks into the school year and I can't help missing the days at the zoo. Jenny was always a keen learner and eager to see more than we'd seen the last time. Why can't all my students be as excited about learning as Jenny is? When did our society learn to dislike learning so much?
I miss teaching Jenny about textures and colors and bugs and animals and how to treat people and how to use her inside voice. I miss introducing the world to her, as if it were brand new and full of the curious little details we've forgotten as we got older. There is so much she doesn't know about this world she lives in and I just want to stay home and spend time with her.
Fall has arrived and with it comes a myriad of my favorite experiences - smells of crisp, campfire tinged air that snuggles into your fleece and your skin; the clove spice of cold pumpkin pie; the crinkle of fallen leaves; a whole new world for her to experience.
And what am I stuck doing while all this wonderment is taking place around us? Grading papers.
Ah well, the firepit could use a little starter kindling and some papers . . . just kidding . . . maybe...
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