Three things made this open house memorable for me. (1) One of our new Kindergarten students brought her Mom in and introduced us. "Mom, this is Mrs Ferris Wheel, the librarian." Mom looked a little puzzled with that introduction. I smiled as I explained that my name is Mrs. Ferris. I had told the kids to think of the ferris wheel at the fair, then they would remember my name. The Mom smiled and told her daughter that she didn't have to say the wheel part next time.
The second memorable conversation came from one of my 2nd graders and one of his younger siblings. I was eaves dropping on their conversation.
"Is she the princess?"
Older brother, "No she is the Queen of the Library." As they left he turned and waved and said, "Good by Queen."
Sometimes I really wish I had a window into their thoughts. It certainly made my day.
The third memorable experience was from a previous student accompanying his Mom and younger sister. This handsome strapping young man is now in high school. He shared with me, "Because of you I became a reader. When I was in 7th and 8th grade I read constantly I read the Harry Potter series in three weeks. All of the books. I read another series in two weeks, all I wanted to do was read."
His Mom looked at me with pride shining in her eyes and said she had to threaten to take away his books to get him to do anything else.
He chimed in, "ya, I lost my books when I got in trouble."
I thanked him for sharing his story with me. He seemed puzzled as he commented, "You were really excited when I told you about loving reading."
I told him I was and that I was very proud that he had become a life long reader. I think this year will be memorable.
Way to go, Mrs. Ferris Wheel! What a rewarding job...and a great bunch of kids!
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What a sweet post. In the small town where I raised my kids and they are now raising their kids it is amazing at how many of the teachers were once classmates or friends to my children and also the number of teachers that taught my children. When my 7 year old grand son walked into the library the other day the librarian said to him "You must be related to Jimmy B.". My grandson looked at her and said "I am Jimmy B." I thought that was so cute and told my son to get over there and say hello to her.
ReplyDeleteThank you for stopping by today and for commenting and I am so sorry but you did not guess the reason for the 2 names. I liked your answer because I liked the middle names more than the first names at first. Now I think they just fit.
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