End of the School Year Perspective

By now, the school year has ended.  Graduations seem to be universal.  After all of your diligence, you have focused long enough to show your teacher that you've soaked in a significant amount of what they've been meaning to teach.  Through projects, conversations, exams and papers - you've accomplished quite a bit!  Along the way, your teacher has engaged you long enough to keep you intrigued, hopefully wanting to keep learning.

And we keep learning!  Whether we finally understand what teachers tried to teach us, or discovering life lessons - it's a good place to be.  Sometimes, it's only afterwards that we can finally appreciate the process.


While we were in Indonesia, my mom taught about perspective.  She also taught the hula.  Kids were so captivated by it when she visited in 2008.  It was fun to see a new group of kids soak it in!  For many, it had been their first time dancing.  In a culture rich with history and creativity, it was great to show them something from a different culture, which is just as filled with creativity.

My dear friend, their teacher, will be getting married next month.  What a great way to spend her 'summer vacation'.  What a journey it has been.  I'm so excited for her!