I miss my after school program kids. I really do. My year long residency at Greeley has been over for about 2 weeks and yup, I miss those kids. Half the time, they made me insane & occasionally made me question my teaching skills but honestly, it was such a beautiful teaching experience. They challenged me and made me better. They made me work hard for their attention, but ahhhhhh, when I got it, it felt good. They loved to dance. They stepped outside of their comfort zones. They weren't afraid to use their voices in performance. And most importantly, they came to class... every single day. They were always enthusiastic & offered to do the sweetest things, like asking to carry my radio or hold the door open. Does it get much better than that? Not really.
On the final performance day one of my students, Moses, asked me, "Why does after school have to be over? I wish it would never end."
- Way to have the key to my heart Moses. Wayyyyyy to have it.
Thank you to my primary hip hop class @ Greeley Elementary School for their undeniable awesomeness. I am honored to have been your teacher!
The final performance day (5/20/10):
Another pic from the last day!
Lets rewind to March for a second... here is some of the class taking a fun pic after doing some negative space exploration (3/22/10):
Ok ok, this has nothing to do with dance BUT on my birthday (3/22/10), two of my amazing kids offered to play me a birthday song. How could I say no? :)
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