Last weekend was my birthday and I enjoyed the benefits of being a teacher - cute and quirky presents from the students. Shawn gave me a notebook and two red pencils for correcting homework. I am always losing my pencils so it was really a thoughtful gift. This was his note:
happy birthday!!
your good teacher!
very thang you teacher!
(This was typed so he replaced the "g" with a "k" and wrote "sorry!" below. It was adorable. I love the excessive use of exclamations.)Ariel brought me a chocolate-strawberry cake which I shared with the rest of the class. That class also planned a surprise for me with a little help from a co-worker. Half-way through class all the students left their chairs and told me to stay in the room. For the past twenty minutes they had been acting suspiciously and chattering about me in Korean so I had figured things out by then. After a few minutes I was told to come out. I found my students standing in a line holding fake roses and a basket with chocolates and a teddy bear. It was adorable. They all filed past and handed me the presents.
Several of the students apologized profusely and promised to bring me presents on Monday. To my surprise they actually did. Sarah gave me tights with polka dots and Max presented me with a box of Vitamin C. Perhaps he feared I would develop scurvy :)
The next day Aaron took me out to a rotating restaurant on the top of mountain. Actually, the restaurant is in a tower that resembles the Space Needle and the tower is on the mountain. Just to clarify. Our table faced the window, giving us a beautiful view of the mountain and the city. The meal was seven courses and included champagne, oysters, risotto, lemon sorbet, lobsters, and creme brulee; there were four different forks and three knives on the table. I failed to use one of the knives at the proper time, but it was nevertheless removed by the waitress. I felt like an aristocrat and a country bumpkin at the same time :)
I also received a box of delicious homemade cookies as a parting gift. All in all it was a lovely birthday :)
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