Good-bye!

Dear Students,

It was not an easy decision, not one I made lightly. I didn't want to leave my students, especially THIS year. This year, I found myself falling in love with all of you much earlier than ever before. You were respectful and kind, intelligent and trustworthy, happy and eager. These qualities do not always abound in sophomores.

When Broken Arrow offered me the job as Social Studies Coordinator, I couldn't believe it. I've been wanting to do something new, something that required me to do different things with my brain, something that would make me work a little harder. You know how I tried to convince you that the learning happens in the struggle? If I really do believe that the learning happens in the struggle, then I should accept the new challenges that come my way, right? I should not run from change but embrace it.

I've been in the classroom for fifteen years. I was ready for a change. I was ready for more responsibility. I was ready to find a way to impact more classrooms than just my own.

Now, I have a chance to do just that.

I miss you guys already. I miss the busy pace of life in a school building, but I'm very excited for the opportunity to do something more, something different, something harder. I'm grateful for those who have already wished me well, for the students who seem to be excited for me. It's hard not having any say over what will happen in your classroom anymore. I don't know how things will change for you, but I do know that I'm glad for the time that we did get to spend together, and I hope that you can feel that way, too.

Sincerely,
Ayn Grubb
21 September, 2007

back to Mrs.Grubb.com