I once watched an inspiring video on how to turn around negativity into positivity in your work environment; a school. In it, the speaker was suggesting getting a box & that every time something good happened, write it down on a piece of paper and put it in the box. After a year, you would have the rewarding task to read them out & smile. Remember the good days, the good moments, the good pupils.
Today, I had one of those. A 'write it down and put it in the box' moment. So I'll share it.
I've been a tutor for a year now. I'm in charge of 28 pupils who come & register in the morning. The job's more than just checking if they are in school though. I'm in charge of their well-being & from the start, I really wanted to build a good relationships with them but also for them, to build relationships with each other.
I sometimes despaired and felt like I wasn't doing a great job.
Today, though, today, I felt extremely proud.
One of my tutees had been out of school for a while because she had an appendix operation & felt too weak to come back. Because we're still at the beginning of the year, I felt especially bad for her, missing the bonding times, getting used to being a year older, etc.
So I thought we'd send her a card. As a whole form with everybody signing it.
I told my tutees what had happened & they were very keen to do it.
Quickly, it was done & sent to her.
Today, morning registration is going well, tutees are sitting, I'm doing the register, appendix girl is still missing.
Everybody is chatting away, talking about tomorrow's schedule when suddenly, I see her through the classroom windows coming across the field to us.
One tutee also spots her and shouts: L------ is back!
All turn around, repeating the shout in a whisper, "oh she's back, L-----'s back"
She opens the door.
They all start clapping to welcome her.
:-)
