The Class List

I remember an Instagram post I made last June 2015. I posted a picture of the class list of gr. 7 Francis Kesy. As a caption for the post, I said there that “I am hoping for a blessed and productive year.” I never knew that that those simple words I stated on that ordinary Instagram post would actually come true. I never knew that the 36 names written on that class list would be the very ones to make significant changes in my life.

                When I started my journey of being the class adviser of the Kesy Gang (a name which I called the entire class), I never expected anything at all that grand and fabulous. I only had a vision for them and that is they become better people by the end of the school year.

                As we tried our best to achieve this vision, we’ve had so many ups and downs. It is in this very rocky road that we took that I learned to appreciate all the silly little things that these boys go through every day. I’ve also felt the finest of the simplicity of life, and the best of what it truly takes to really be an educator. It was never a perfect relationship between me and the Kesy gangsters, but I am so sure that God graced this class with a lot of love and charity. And because of that, I am so humbled with the opportunity of becoming a part of life of these boys even though how minute.

                Now that the school year has ended, I can literally feel a stabbing pain in my heart due to the fact that the Kesy gangsters and I have to part ways. However, as the saying goes, “All good things must come to an end.” These boys really are a vital and significant changing force in this lowly life of mine.

                Finally, looking back at that Instagram post I made, I can definitely say that I had a very blessed and productive year all because of those 36 names listed on that class list.