Last Day

It is always bitter-sweet to finally arrive at the last staff day of the school year ... a time to say goodbye... a time to celebrate another successful year ... tearful goodbyes .... expressions of undying friendship ... the last glimpses of those who are leaving the profession ....and of course, the mostly funny, sometimes awkward, shenanigans that go on at the year end staff meeting ..... are all proof  that many of us in the education profession enjoy an extended adolesence ....  this annual event is reassurance that "community" still exists and is valued .... it brings back memories of life as it was decades ago .... when communities were smaller ... aunts and uncles lived just down the street ... everyone knew everyone else ... and looked out for them.