blindsided by the blindside

"wow ... you really look like a teacher" ...

why hello john (my brother) ... happy to have you home and yes i do look like a teacher because I AM A TEACHER. (or i at least try to play the part!)

john ... my brother ... a sophomore at Ole Miss ... is home. when he's home there's always dessert! the man can cook!

his job is to prepare the turkey tomorrow ... me ... i have to be mom's hands while she tells me what to do. she broke her arm last week. tonight we prepared Food while dad watched the blindside. you know ... the movie about Michael Orr. well that movie gets me every time! i'm in the kitchen peeling yams watching the movie (which was almost over!) when BAM! i started to tear up.

every time i see that movie i think about my students. i believe i have some students who can relate to Mr. Orr and his experiences. i sit there and watch the scene where the NCAA is interviewing Michael and he gets up and walks out. in the next scene he's at that party where the Fight breaks out and he starts to have Flashbacks about his childhood. i couldn't help but think about the one particular student who i know has been taken away From her mother in the past and about how that must truly Feel. as i watched the young Michael Orr (in the movie) cry and scream For his Mom as they take him away ... i can't help but wonder is that what it was like. which resulted in tears on my part.

within that same party scene ... when the Fight starts ... it shows that one boy with tears rolling down his cheeks. he looks so scared. i can't help but think about another student i have who has probably witnessed very similar things. it makes me wonder ... does he cry when people are Fighting around him ... is he scared like this boy. i want so badly to protect my students but i can't be with them obviously at all times. i want to make changes ... but sometimes i get so overwhelmed with what to do For them ... that i get scared and want to cry.

so as i watch the blindside ... i'm blindsided by mental pictures OF what some students may experience. and how it may look to them. or how they may Feel.

i pray For these students.i pray the Lord makes them strong and i pray that he makes me strong For them.

i promise not all posts will be this intense ... my students do/say some CRAZY things that i will share! but today ... and on this THANKSGIVING Eve ... i'm so very THANKFUL that i have the Family i do and i'm so very THANKFUL For my students.

and as i tell my students every morning ... make it a GREAT day or not ... the choice is yours.

hello kids.

check out my "about me" ... sorry i wrote like a whole story over there. i hope i can keep up to date with this. however ... it's the weekend ... i'm a teacher ... and i would like to relax ... but wait i have papers to GRADE! :)

make it a GREAT day or not ... the choice is yours.