~:[CH7 - Day 79]:~ Surprise ...
It was a day full of surprises. Some which were not so great and others that were great. As many headaches as the no so great moments of the day were, the great moments far outweighed them and made this year's surprise a good one. With a "lobbyist" coming in to visit our senior MUN class, two of our seniors were surprised with the Edison Scholarship, which amounted to $40,000 each. It is pretty amazing to have two at a school, but to have two in the same class is even more amazing. It's these kinds of proud moments that make teaching special. Of course, it's not about the award that made this moment special. It was thinking about the growth that these two made over the course of the past four years. The timidness, the awkwardness, the fun moments, the moments they struggled and more. Often times, working the the Model UN program, you see the best and worst of these students because you work with them so often, but at the end of the day, you appreciate their moment in the spotlight. It was pretty exhausting between meetings, practice, and dealing with various issues all around, but the thought of how these two changed as they breezed through the local news interviews, I was happy, not just for them, but for all those who have stepped food in the walls of our classroom. I'm wondering what tomorrow will bring, but for now, I'm too exhausted to even move and so I will lay down to rest, hoping that tomorrow will produce more great minds who can truly appreciate the world around them.
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