IINTERNSHIP OVER EARLY

My last day at Diamond Jubilee was supposed to be on Friday but now that all the schools in Bombay have been closed for 7 daysa due to swine flu...my last day was today and I didn't even know it. The kids were absolutely crazy-excited about not having to come to school for the rest of the week. Anna and I walked around the school one last time and entered each of the 7th grade classrooms and the 7th graders went wild. I could tell they were sad to see us go. We walked into one class to them cheering and slowly wiped away the geometry they had been doing on the board as they screamed with joy. I know that people think that this is a pointless job, especially people here...but I couldn't think of a better way to spend this summer. I can't believe tears were welling up in my eyes as I was watching all of those kids walk away. I will miss them so much, their smiling faces have been my comfort in this strange new world. One boy I just saw outside my door as I was going to the bathroom, he wassupposed to have left with the others but he was crying and grabbed me around the waist. He begged me to stay and said that I was his favorite teacher ever. I couldn't help crying and I think I am going to write a letter to him and give it to the school to give to him. That was Sohail, my favorite kid. It was strange to end it so abruptly, but oh what a journey it has been!