Beginning Again.

It's been an extremely long time since I've said anything and I've been too quiet most days.

Either way, school has started again with a fresh crop of students. Happily enough, the older ones have not forgotten me, but it is still saddening to have to build new relationships. Perhaps it is a personality flaw (indeed it is) but I am loathe to accept change.

The new students seem so young, even though I know they are not and the prospect of having to re-teach simple things like not talking while other people are talking and keeping your hands down while someone else is speaking seems daunting. It won't be, soon.

I then often wonder if any of these things stick. But, they do, I guess. I remember my seventh grade teacher telling us that in church, when you're praying, it is disrespectful to just leave your hands lollygagging at your sides. For some reason, her church ettiqute stuck with me, and now, I find myself, even at this age, doing what she has deemed appropriate. Perhaps, ten years from now, some small child-now-adult will find themselves in a board meeting, making sure that tehy keep their hands down while other people are talking.

An interesting prospect.