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The Void, Part One
Summer Session Enrollment Watch:
ENGWR 100 (College Writing): 20/28 (+1)
ENGWR 301 (College Composition and Literature): 16/25 (+1)
Semesters are an odd thing: they begin with a flurry of excitement and confusion and unbelievable busywork. From there, they shift into a regular—if grueling—pace. Near the end, the flurry is renewed: only this time, it’s a flurry to the finish.
There’s no doubt both teachers and students want the end to come, but there’s also no doubt the end is an oddly bittersweet thing.
Last night, I met with one of my classes for the final time, and though there are several students I’ll see again over the summer—and several more whose lives I am happy to part from—the others’ temporary presence in my world will now leave a void in my life.
It’s not a big hole, and it’s probably not even an important hole; however, there is a dynamic that every class has that is never duplicated. It is made up of all of the good and the bad and the in-between, but it is a mixture of each student and me, and it won’t exist in the same way again.
The hardest part is the hour or two after which I finish grading the final exams. Once that’s done, the students turn into people, and I am no longer their teacher: I, too, become merely a person, and I can’t help but wonder who we all are.
May 19th, 2007 at 5:25 pm
I find this a very touching post, Shawn. In my own way I can relate to what you have written. In addition, I appreciate the way in which it is written. You remind me that good teaching is the process of making oneself expendable.
May 20th, 2007 at 7:14 am
Woody,
I presume anyone who has ever taught feels a bit of this when a class or workshop ends.
This is grade-the-finals morning, so I’ll know just how well I put this in a matter of hours.
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