School Happies

It's the little unexpected events and conversations that make me smile. Here are two such things that have happened at school.

First, I was talking to one of my FFA officers about books. He reads like a madman and sometimes we have similar taste in books. Anyway, he was telling me about a book I should read in the young adult spectrum. Then he asks what I'm reading currently.

"Oh, just a book about Mother Teresa. It's really, really, really, really good."

"I know about her- she did a lot of good things with the poor. She's that really old biblical lady, right?"

"No, she's not in the Bible. She died in 1997." 

"She's like one of us?! That's so cool!" 

I had to smile at the phrase, "She's like one of us." It was just an awesome reminder to me how we should all be striving for sainthood and how it IS possible to imitate Christ even in today's world.

Secondly, I got a new group of kids at the middle school this week. Which is oh so refreshing. Last semester, my middle school were my least favorite class I have ever taught in the history of five years. And yes I will take 85% of the blame. :) So new start = God is good.

In my new middle school class I have a come across a first. I have a student who is a selective mute. She came into class late the first day. We had already started but I introduced myself to her when she walked. I asked her what her name was and she just showed me her paper which had her name on it. It is kind of an unique name that I had never seen before. I pronounced it and asked if that was right. She nodded her head. Then about five minutes into class I noticed she had a small whiteboard and used it to communicate with.

Then later we did this brainstorming activity with a dot. The students were trying to come up with as many things that the dot could be besides a dot. But we ran out of time so I collected all the papers from the groups. Her group's caught my eye and I said, "Oh fruity pebbles, I have never heard that one before!" And the girl with the whiteboard just starts laughing......and smiling.

It was kind of cool to see and I am looking forward to understanding this girl more!

God is good.