The Real End At Last (12/20)

I suppose one of the disadvantages about being a first year Lincoln teacher is that I don't have a clue. It seems that students keep coming back even though school is over. As it turns out, the grade cards were to be given out during the days on Monday and Tuesday. I also saw some students at the seniors graduation cerimony on Wednesday. And, it seemed that I kept getting presents too. Then there were teacher good-byes. We had so much free time. Teachers were planning for next year, making decorations, and inventing things to occupy time. I myself played dominoes, Perudo, and took trips to Lider for coffee.

Wednesday was the hardest day though. Everyone passed out gifts. I gave elementary teachers a rose, because, like my time in Chile, they are with us but a short while and are very beautiful. These people have been very kind to take me under there wing for a short while and make me feel at home (even if they did call me their "little gringito" sometimes). There was an everyone invited dinner and drinks at a local restaurant on Thursday, but I just couldn't go. The good-byes had already been stretched out so long. Better to bid farewell and end it.