Parting is Such Sweet Sorrow

I will miss all the forum discussions, strangely enough. It was a nice way for us to encourage each other, and to train us to maintain professionalism while experiencing the anxiety our dear students do on a daily basis, but may never voice out. So now that we lived a good month in their shoes we can enter into the classroom and put on one of the many hats to manage a class, to teach, and to make reading fun for all, all at the same time.

It's been a pleasure working with you all, learning from you all, and hanging in there with you all. This was a "transactional" experience for me, and I wish we could explore more of the many fun literacy-developing activities, but like the cliche saying goes, "All good things must come to an end."

See you all in the near future. Next semester? From the words of Juliet to Romeo, I will leave with you a passage of one last literacy activity, the ESL version:

Helpful hints about the meaning are in bold italics

'Tis almost morning, I would have thee gone—
And yet no farther than a wanton's bird,
wanton=immodest woman
That lets it hop a little from his hand,
Like a poor prisoner in his twisted gyves,
gyves=shackles
And with a silken thread plucks it back again,
So loving-jealous of his liberty.
loving-jealous=jealous out of love

Romeo:
I would I were thy bird.
would=wish

Juliet:
Sweet, so would I,
Yet I should kill thee with much cherishing.
should=would
much=too much
Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow
That I shall say good night till it be morrow.
shall say good night=shall say good night again and again