Bittersweet

This is a bittersweet week. Monday and Tuesday were the last days for seniors. I am happy for them to be done with school (i am also happy becuase i have fewer classes to teach). I am sad becuase it means they are done with school and I have fewer classes to teach. Some of them will go on the great and wonderful things. They have seen the value of hard work in their lives and have some idea of things that want and what they should avoid. Others will leave school with the feeling that the world owes them something, and they are out to collect it. I am frightened for these children. I hope that they have strong supports to catch them when they fall.