Thursday, August 25, 2022

I did it...

 This morning felt a little like getting up and going to work to me.  I needed to be at a celebration and recognition breakfast by 7:30am.  This was a little tricky because I don't do well driving in the dark, especially in unfamiliar territory.  Sign-in started at 7:00 and at 6:45 it was just beginning to get light.  But I made it on time and the breakfast, this was at Ceruti's, was very good, with plenty of coffee, which I needed.  This was basically a thank you event for all of us who volunteer as Study Connection tutors during the school year.  The keynote speaker was Sammie Vance, a very successful, and well spoken, 8th grader.  She began the Buddie Bench program in Fort Wayne and went on to write a book and get national recognition.  All very interesting.  Mayor Tom Henry also spoke.  All very nice and very interesting.  There was only one tiny flaw, at least as far as I was concerned.  The fifth grader who I tutored for the past two years was a wonderful young man, and at the end of this year I nominated him for the Outstanding Student award.  He really deserved it, in my opinion, but another student, tutored by another volunteer in our group, won the award.  I'm sorry, but I am a little miffed about this because I know she missed several sessions (my student never missed) and, and this isn't just my opinion, didn't work as hard as my student. And I wrote a really glowing and honest nomination letter. Ah well, award or no award, I feel confident my guy will do well in middle school.  But still....

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