Last Thursday was the last day of school, and I received a few comic-book related gifts, including an old issue of X-Factor (which I'm going to frame--I like the looks of old comics in frames, and this one means something to me now), and a Superman barbecue apron.
One of the gifts didn't have a comic book theme, but it did have this on the outside of the bag it came in:
Don't know where it came from, but it was pretty darn thoughtful.
Speaking of which, a few weeks ago, a "Lantern Expert" in my class was talking about all of the different colors of Lanterns there are. One kid said, "Yeah, but Green Lantern was really the only breakout star from all of those."
Loved it! I love that what is brand-spankin'-new to us jaded comics readers is old hat to these kids as far as their experiences go.
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I got a Chick-fil-A gift card and two very nice letters from graduating seniors.
"I got a rock."
:-)
I mean it when I say that letters from students are the best thing I could get. I have them all in a binder from over the years. I have some that make me tear up when I reread them.
Tonight I received an email from a parent with the subject heading, "First Comics".
She said they were on their way to Wisconsin for a baseball tourney, and they were at a truck stop and she bought her son his "first official comics", and she had to email me and let me know. She sent a picture of him reading a Simpsons comic with another Simpsons comic in his lap, and she said he had become a comics reader thanks to me.
She also said that this year was the first time he had shown any interest in reading anything at all.
That--right there--is why I feel completely justified in sharing comic books and allowing them to read them in my classroom. And that is the best kind of teacher gift I could ask for.
Cool! You should be proud!
Oh, that's awesome!
Great story, WS!