It's been a busy little while with work and school starting back up, so I haven't really thought too much about the blog. However, my heart smiled several times today, so I feel the need to post about them!
I work part time as a teacher's assistant at a child care centre during the school year. It's a fun job, but can be very challenging. Today, as I was leaving, one of the toddlers continued to yell "Bye" to me, even after I had turned the corner and was out of his site. It made my heart smile hearing his shouts at me as I left.
One of my classes is in a terrible room. It's too small for all of us to fit, the chairs are uncomfortable, and it's incredibly hot. The professor recognizes this, and is working on finding us another room. However, since we're still in the same room and the weather was rather amazing today, he decided to take us outside. The topic of the course (genocide) is certainly not a positive topic, but my heart smiled while I was sitting underneath a tree and listening to my professor talk.
I'm taking a younger year course because I really like the professor who is teaching it. Today was the first day of that class, and as I walked into the room, the professor gave me a huge smile and very obviously recognized me. We talked for a bit before class started, and she said that she was very glad she had me again and that I chose to take her course. My heart was smiling when I heard her say this, especially since I have a huge amount of respect for her (and had that respect for her before she said that).
