I look forward to going to school everyday. It's not just a job for me. It's a warm community. My entire family is back in America, but I am never lonely. My students are like my little children. When I walk into school I am immediately flocked to by all the little girls in different grades. They run up and give me big hugs and hang on me and follow me into the Teacher's Room. They like to braid my hair and teach me hand games. Their curiosity about English and American culture is illuminating. I feel loved and I know I provide to many of them a source of affection that they might not get at home. I think I have a special bond with my students because I am petite, and they think I am their age. I can be silly with them, but I am also direct and firm. They know when they need to pay attention and respect me as an authority figure.
I know that as much as I am making a difference in their lives, they have made a profound impact on mine.
Lunch time with the fifth grade girls.
This is my little sweetheart Kesem. I call her Magic, because that's what her name means in Hebrew.
This is Hen. She is one of the first girls I bonded with at school. She is sassy, just like I am! I really admire that quality about her. I think she is going to be a strong woman when she grows up.
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