My Best Experience
I consider this story I am about to tell not necessarily my best experience but my all time favorite memory from this entire internship.
It was still early in the internship, 3/4, I was walking down the hallway to get to my class when I passed a special needs girl riding a bike down the hallway with the assistant following alongside. I simply nodded hello as I typically do and went on to my class. When I arrive in class, they are still in PE and Mrs. Cupka is generally in a meeting so I sit at the back table and wait.
From where I am sitting I am able to look out the windows to the courtyard where PE is being held. I am able to pick out some of my students, either running around with classmates or students from other classes. I am also able to hear activity in the hallway, the light clicking of heals, squeaky footsteps of a class going by, and light chatter between teachers.
I am taken aback when I hear something out of the ordinary. It took me a little bit to place the sound but I finally figured it out; it was the sound of tires speaking on the smooth hallway. I hear the special needs girl coming back down my hallway with the assistant, and it is clear to hear they are having a good time. The assistant's voice then gets all excited and she says to the girl "Alright, no one is down this hallway, we're going to race. Ready, set, GO!" The bike tires squeak a little bit faster and the assistant's footsteps quicken but the one thing I heard the grasped my attention and sent chills down my spine was the little girl on the bike. The only thing I could hear from her was the purest laughter I have ever heard in my life. She was so amused but what was going on and continued to laugh the whole way down the hallway with the assistant by her side.
Once I could no longer hear them, I was filled with such a sense of happiness that the rest of the day was so easy. Looking back on that day I know what I heard and it was the sound of amazing teacher, one person changing the life of another. Even though that was my only experience with them, the impact they left of me will stay with me forever.
It was still early in the internship, 3/4, I was walking down the hallway to get to my class when I passed a special needs girl riding a bike down the hallway with the assistant following alongside. I simply nodded hello as I typically do and went on to my class. When I arrive in class, they are still in PE and Mrs. Cupka is generally in a meeting so I sit at the back table and wait.
From where I am sitting I am able to look out the windows to the courtyard where PE is being held. I am able to pick out some of my students, either running around with classmates or students from other classes. I am also able to hear activity in the hallway, the light clicking of heals, squeaky footsteps of a class going by, and light chatter between teachers.
I am taken aback when I hear something out of the ordinary. It took me a little bit to place the sound but I finally figured it out; it was the sound of tires speaking on the smooth hallway. I hear the special needs girl coming back down my hallway with the assistant, and it is clear to hear they are having a good time. The assistant's voice then gets all excited and she says to the girl "Alright, no one is down this hallway, we're going to race. Ready, set, GO!" The bike tires squeak a little bit faster and the assistant's footsteps quicken but the one thing I heard the grasped my attention and sent chills down my spine was the little girl on the bike. The only thing I could hear from her was the purest laughter I have ever heard in my life. She was so amused but what was going on and continued to laugh the whole way down the hallway with the assistant by her side.
Once I could no longer hear them, I was filled with such a sense of happiness that the rest of the day was so easy. Looking back on that day I know what I heard and it was the sound of amazing teacher, one person changing the life of another. Even though that was my only experience with them, the impact they left of me will stay with me forever.