| Life of a Child |
| At 2:00a.m. all of the sane, undisturbed people of the world are sleeping in their beds. I am one of those people, during the school year anyway. But during the summer my sister takes over my room and I lie awake on my futon in the middle of the livingroom. I do all my "deep" thinking in the wee hours of the morning. Today my thoughts wandered over to the subject of the Mole Hole. I remembered lying next to the stereo looking at Kumu's aesthetically pleasing display of pictures. And I remembered reading this poem on her wall: |
| One hundred years from now, it will not matter What kind of car I drove, What kind of car I drove What kind of house I lived in, How much was in my bank account, Nor what my clothes looked like. But the world may be a little better because I made a difference in the life of a child |
| That's what teachers try to do right? Other than to educate aren't they supposed to reach out and make a difference in their lives? So how can Kumu not be teaching english anymore? Just why? Why? After all the "Why?" questions I had an epiphany, if you will. A teacher isn't just a job position, it's an attitude. It takes a cetain type of person to be one. A kumu type, so she'll always be a teacher. Let's analyze the poem my way: |
| " it will not matter the kind of car I drove" |
| This is true because you can write "wash me" or "All hail the Mole people" on any type of car as long as it's dirty. |
| "what kind of house I lived in" |
| We've never seen your house... |
| "nor what my clothes looked like" |
| Bubbles wears the prettiest clothes of all different colors with matching shoes. While Kumu likes to wear khaki colored capris and black clothing. Though both of them give off a certain happy kind of aura. Not counting the month we thought we broke her. |
| "I made a difference in the life of a child" |
| Think about it, you have 10 moles who, as a reflex know drinking is bad and say "watch your mouth." All of whom stop whenever they see turtle things and powerpuff girls paraphernalia. On the more serious side, I came home from school feeling that much better because Kumu was there in the morning to smile and say "Good Morning Nenna." |
| We will all forever love Teena Thom. |