... not really!
I had a great time last night with some of my good friends over dinner and smoothies.
But this is not about our laugh-out reminiscing. Rather, I had some encounters that made me reflect on me being a teacher.
Whenever I go out nowadays, my students add to the growing list of people I encounter in my daily life.
Last night, we were waiting for dinner and one of my students saw me. He approached our table and explained that he forgot to give me the list I was asking for. I said no problem and then left. My friends wondered at first but when they heard the word "ma'am", they got the point.
We were already eating when I saw one my students passing by. He didn't see me. But it made me remember that a week ago, he shouted "ma'am" when he saw me along Jacinto St. and he was driving his car. What made it a hilarious encounter was he backed-up, opened his window and said hello. Weird but true!
Going back yesterday, we went to the grocery and another student of mine approached me. I asked how was she and her classmates and she said she was ok. She however shared the predicament of her two classmates, also students of mine, and made me sad.
Yes, the "teacher" thing goes beyond the school campus as I have shared. I do find it cool that my students greet me whenever they see me inside the campus. Some students who failed in my subjects even greet me, although there were a couple who didn't notice me.
I do appreciate the gesture of them congratulating me (yes, they knew I was waiting for the bar results), even going out of their way and going after me to say congratulations.
Most of them look happy when they see me (or maybe it's all in my mind). Some just say the usual respects, which I appreciate because I am still like that. Even if my co-teachers were my teachers before, I still say my usual respects to them.
My encounters with my students may not me newsworthy as that of close encounters with aliens. But I will take it any day. Nice!
Whenever I go out nowadays, my students add to the growing list of people I encounter in my daily life.
Last night, we were waiting for dinner and one of my students saw me. He approached our table and explained that he forgot to give me the list I was asking for. I said no problem and then left. My friends wondered at first but when they heard the word "ma'am", they got the point.
We were already eating when I saw one my students passing by. He didn't see me. But it made me remember that a week ago, he shouted "ma'am" when he saw me along Jacinto St. and he was driving his car. What made it a hilarious encounter was he backed-up, opened his window and said hello. Weird but true!
Going back yesterday, we went to the grocery and another student of mine approached me. I asked how was she and her classmates and she said she was ok. She however shared the predicament of her two classmates, also students of mine, and made me sad.
Yes, the "teacher" thing goes beyond the school campus as I have shared. I do find it cool that my students greet me whenever they see me inside the campus. Some students who failed in my subjects even greet me, although there were a couple who didn't notice me.
I do appreciate the gesture of them congratulating me (yes, they knew I was waiting for the bar results), even going out of their way and going after me to say congratulations.
Most of them look happy when they see me (or maybe it's all in my mind). Some just say the usual respects, which I appreciate because I am still like that. Even if my co-teachers were my teachers before, I still say my usual respects to them.
My encounters with my students may not me newsworthy as that of close encounters with aliens. But I will take it any day. Nice!
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