..of my students, that is. Tonight we had a meet and greet for students and families at the Hope Plantation, literally across the peanut field from my school. I was a bit weirded out that we were having it there, since we have about a 90% African-American student body, but realized would just have to get over it, and chose to think of it as empowering instead. And as it turned out we were in the visitors center anyway, not the main house, so it wasn't as odd. The FFA officers from last year spoke, and did a great job. My school has an agricultural and bio-sciences focus, so FFA is a big thing. I don't teach any of the current FFA officers because they're all sophomores, but some of them come in at lunch and talk to me so I know them a bit.
I love teaching at a small school, you really get to know the students. It's funny, cause as a student I hated small schools, and now its the complete opposite, it makes my job so much better. Some of my freshmen spoke too, and it was great to see them speaking in front of a group like that, I was so proud. I'm just sad I forgot to bring my camera to document the moment, but some of the other staff were on top of it. The superintendent was also there, and gave the school and us teachers lots of glowing praise. I don't think I ever knew the name of my superintendent in high school, let alone knew what they looked like, but Dr. Z is in our school all the time and an all around great guy. Our school is looking to be a model for the state, so we have high expectations to live up to. But based on what I've seen from my students so far, they can do it.
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