C.B.'s Zone...Is it interesting stuff or not? YOU be the judge

If you have read my last two posts, you'll be familiar with a little girl age 7 who just passed away on February 19th The wake was this past Sunday and well attended, as expected by many teachers and support staff who have worked with her since age 3. As a group/team we to remind ourselves not to get too emotionally attached to a kid, because they may move out of the district, change special education placements, or move up to the big classroom in the sky. I was not as close to "Mary" as many of my collegues, so her passing was not too hard on me personally. Now comes my break hotel story.

An 8-year old 2nd grader, with speech and language issues, sees me one time a week to work on gross motor skills. He is a very bright boy, with a mind that retains everything:D He understands receptive language, but is starting to learn sign language to communicate answers and tell us what he wants. But we cannot provide all of the services he needs in terms of signing so he needs to go to a "special school" for kids who are mostly hearing impaired (although he is not) and kids who's primary method of communicating will be sign language. So his last day at H.L. School is tommorrow and he will start at the new place on Monday 3/3 Ok, so how do you NOT get emotionally attached to a kid who wants to learn in all settings, even the stinky gym??? (its not really stinky...its like new) Sorry folks, it's not in my personality to just do my job and forget about them when I go home:down: no can do.

I will miss him with all of my and soul, but it's never a good bye, just "see ya" later