Miss Sabirah!

Friday was the last day of the school year and phew, what an experience! I started this job in January, doe-eyed, expectant, scared but also very excited. It wasn't my first teaching position, but first "real" one in many ways. I wasn't volunteering, it was (is) a full time position, and I was in charge of one class. My own class, my own kids, my rules. It was scary- no thrilling is the word.

It started off bumpy, it almost felt like the children were deliberately testing me and I lost it a couple of times. But over time we built trust and established our relationships; Teacher-mom(this one always freaks me out, been called mommy by accident a couple of times)-sister- and most importantly friend.

My students became some of my strongest allies while I was still navigating the school and getting my bearings. You find friends in the unlikeliest places...

Boy did I learn a lot these past six months!  Re-evaluated my choices a few times, but as each day went by I became more confident. I realized that it's one thing to enjoy something and another to be good at it. I am a good teacher and I'm on my way to being an excellent one. I'm really grateful to have been put under the watch of the best mentor ever. She is, and was everything and I'm really going to miss her next year. 

In September I will be starting with a new class, I got the graduating class again and I can only say cheers to the next school year, I look forward to and even better one, and more opportunities for growth in this journey!

Here's to my vacation! :D

As always,
Love,
Sabirah.

Liebester award!

1. Thank the blogger that nominated you

    Done!

2. List 11 random facts about yourself

• I got a stuffed Llama and baby elephant from my partner last week, I love them!
• They are called Obama and Amira
• I love painting my nails
• I dont wear watches to know the time, they are just another accessory to me
• I like to wave at random people in traffic
• My favorite ice-cream is chocolate-chip cookie dough- most times
• I loooove tea
• I believe in unicorns, I'm kidding, ok not really
• Mermaids freak me out! ugh
• I can cry on demand
• I love cheesy chick-flick movies, but detest chick-lit.
• I have no desire to visit Paris

3. Answer the questions the person who nominated you asked
 If you could only eat one food for the rest of your life, what would it be?
Eggs- scrambled, sunny side up, stewed etc. lol with a side of course
Who's your celebrity crush?
Ermmmm Maxwell? Prince? I think
Are you happy with your current spiritual life?
Meh
What's one of your biggest beauty secrets?
Water!
Have you ever dated someone outside of your race? Be specific:)
Yes, twice. Both white.
What are your top 3 favorite movies?
eiissshhhh this is hard; 500 days of summer, Despicable me, Vicky Christina Barcelona (this is all I can remember right now. lol)
What's your favorite book of all time?
Ermmm I definitely do not have one. Love waay too many lol
Which places do you want to visit in your lifetime?
Ghana, Kenya, Mali, China, Japan, and Boston, USA lol
If you could have a conversation with one deceased person, who would it be and why?
I don't have anyone
Does your job feel like pleasure or pain?
Pleasure!
What's your favorite part about blogging?
Having a safe space to be truly myself


Thank you Ada in Progress for nominating me!

The3six5ng

Hey loves,

I wrote a post for the3six5ng...

“Miss Sabirah!!”

I look up from my book and I know immediately that my day has started.  I’m sitting at my work desk which I plan everyday to unclutter, and never do – a wild sea of glue sticks, pencils, erasers and scissors.

“Are you ever going to finish that book” a particularly pesky student of mine asks, I do my best to conceal my irritation since he has asked me this question a hundred times before.

“It’s a really good book so I’m trying to savor every little detail” I reply with a smile

“What is the meaning of savor?” he asks, this time I can’t hide it, and I roll my eyes.

“Darling, what do we do when we don’t know the meaning of words?”

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Go read the rest of my post, read about this cool project and leave a comment :)

Have a great day!
Love Always,
Sabirah.

Falling in love is the easy part.

I had the most interesting dream Saturday night, it was extremely detailed unlike most of my dreams and weird like dreams usually are.

Here's the short form; I met the author of the book I'm reading currently, he came to volunteer in the pre-nursery class of the school I teach at. Somehow we fell in love, and against all odds decided to be together. He was 53. lol. Anyway, in my dream I was telling one of my students (who now happened to be my friend and agemate) that "this is perfect love!" and I was sooo happy. In fact I woke up elated.

When I woke up, I told my mum about the dream, we talked about love and all it's presentations and we came to the conclusion that "Falling in love is the easy part". The love of my dream was perfect, we had the same feelings for each other at the same time, knew that we wanted each other and everything just clicked, I couldn't help but wonder if love exists in that form outside dreams. I doubt it.

Not to say that real life love isn't sweet and all that, I can testify ;)!

But there's work, lots of it.

Just wanted to share my random dream and musings with you all.
Hope everyone is good!
Summer holidays from work in 11 days! whoop AKA more blogging and living

Love always,
Sabirah.