Welcome to Room 121!

Ever since I was told which classroom would be mine (Room 121) I have become obsessed with visiting it. It is locked and it is impossible to get in touch with the right people to get it opened but it is the first place I go when I get to school every morning, I walk by it whenever I start to feel overwhelmed by everything and usually stop by before I leave. I stand outside and imagine it full of children and full of life. I often take the long way to wherever I am going just so that I can walk by and stare in. I gaze in the window and get lost in how beautiful it is and how happy I am at what awaits me. Here are a few pictures. I took them through the glass... I know that you see an empty room with sparse walls, no colour and desks right out of the box - still covered in cardboard and plastic set up in straight rows. But I see opportunity and days full of colour and life. Those blank walls are so promising to me. I can't wait to get in there and make it a place my grade ones and I will be happy to be. I look in those windows and see student portraits and welcome signs and pencil crayons and books. I see children laughing and reading and learning and questioning. When I feel like I can't possibly get through the incredible amount of work that I haveright now or find a way to align school and personal values I stand right in the spot where I took these pictures. And then I can breathe again.