Tuesday, June 01, 2004
Leaving
A few days ago this boat (the St. Tatiana) took me from Angoon Alaska to my childhood home of Sitka Alaska. I just finished my second year of teaching in the village of Angoon and it was time for a change. Angoon did not have many people with interests similar to my own and I was beginning to feel the isolation a little too much. It will be a very good thing to have a change of pace when I go to Portland Oregon to work on my Masters degree.
However, there are some people I will miss as well. My students were a wonderful group of kids and I value the time I was able to spend with them. There were also three teachers who really went out of their way to make me feel like I was a welcome addition to the group. We were all very different in our own ways but I appreciated their friendship very much. One of them even baked me cookies and cried when she was saying goodbye. I am glad I will be missed. I hope they understand that I will and do miss them too.
Posted by Jamie at 07:33 AM
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