365 Days of Love. Day 94

At the end of tomorrow I won’t be a teacher anymore. That being said, soon, I won’t be able to decorate my blog with my students’ work. So, today is dedicated to my sweet kids. They’ve been writing poems, this one, by Clarissa, is of my favorites:

All of us were born in this world,

we all distinguish the good from the bad,

but it seems too difficult to do the

correct thing.

How can you expect this world to change if

you don’t change yourself first? Life is a

game and you got to play among the rules.

That’s the problem, no body plays among the

rules, nobody thinks what’s best for everybody, they

think of what’s best for themselves.

They control us, they fill their pockets with

our money, they don’t give us what we ask for when

we ask for it, they give it when it’s too late, so we

will be happy with anything they give us at the end.

We should all stand up, and fight for

what we want, because if we don’t

speak for ourselves, nobody will ever speak

for us.

And, because I love girls who are strong, here’s another one, by Maria.

I can exceed expectations

I am just a regular

girl with no powers

but I am still my own hero, I can be the one to exceed

expectations from others.

I don’t let anybody let me down cause

someone told me that words and ideas can change

the world

I expect a lot from me. I just want to be someone

important in life.

I am not perfect, I learn from others, from my mistakes

I believe in me and God

me and my family, we’ve been through a lot of problems

but none of made me me quit, I don’t give up

I am really confident in myself.

I do MMA and that makes me confident

and strong.

I’m very thankful for those teachers

in the world who still have hope

in us

that believe we can make a better world.

When I consider my students, their benevolence, and their ability to see faults in the world respond with passionate ideas for fixing them, I have faith in the future. I have a day left with these kids, but the lessons they’ve taught me, the spirits they’ve stirred in my soul have cultivated a far better version of myself than I could ever take credit for. My students inspire me. I’m leaving them for now, but I have a strong inkling that I’ll see them again. As presidents of humanitarian organizations, policy makers, doctors, reporters, writers, musicians, as people who are certainly making a

better world.