http://cowpi.com/journal/2003/05/no-sense-of-closure Faith at the intersection of cows and mathematics... Sun, 09 Jul 2006 04:06:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://cowpi.com/journal/2003/05/no-sense-of-closure/comment-page-1#comment-44 Mark Sat, 17 May 2003 18:35:52 +0000 http://cowpi.com/journal/2003/05/no-sense-of-closure#comment-44 I made sure to get my sense of closure at graduation. I made sure to get a hug from most of my students. I made sure to get my sense of closure at graduation. I made sure to get a hug from most of my students.

]]> http://cowpi.com/journal/2003/05/no-sense-of-closure/comment-page-1#comment-43 Mark Mon, 12 May 2003 16:07:17 +0000 http://cowpi.com/journal/2003/05/no-sense-of-closure#comment-43 Vinay, I do manage to stay in touch with one or two students from each year. And my spirit is lifted everytime a former student comes back to visit, or I run into one of them at the mall. The feelings I was trying to describe is more of an "empty nest" feeling. My students and I have spent a lot time together each day during the course of a year or two or three. (For some students, that is more time than they spend with their parents.) And now, suddenly, they are gone. Nothing celebrates or marks that moment of transition. Most students just walk out the door, many say "Thanks" or "See ya around", and some mark it with a hand shake or a hug. It is that celebration or marking of that moment of transition which I miss. The longer I teach, the more I need some sense of emotional closure at the end of the school year. Vinay, I do manage to stay in touch with one or two students from each year. And my spirit is lifted everytime a former student comes back to visit, or I run into one of them at the mall.
The feelings I was trying to describe is more of an “empty nest” feeling. My students and I have spent a lot time together each day during the course of a year or two or three. (For some students, that is more time than they spend with their parents.) And now, suddenly, they are gone. Nothing celebrates or marks that moment of transition. Most students just walk out the door, many say “Thanks” or “See ya around”, and some mark it with a hand shake or a hug.
It is that celebration or marking of that moment of transition which I miss. The longer I teach, the more I need some sense of emotional closure at the end of the school year.

]]> http://cowpi.com/journal/2003/05/no-sense-of-closure/comment-page-1#comment-42 Vinay Venkatesh Sun, 11 May 2003 19:17:50 +0000 http://cowpi.com/journal/2003/05/no-sense-of-closure#comment-42 Actually, when I left high school, I never got the feeling that the relationship I had built with my teachers over the previous one to four years had ended. I don't think that any of the students did either. Every time I go visit my parents, I also stop by my high school and visit my teachers. I also keep in touch with them through email. It might be because I went to a private school, but the feeling I get from those teachers was that they wanted to keep in touch afterwards and be friends or whatever. It's a good feeling to know that your teacher cares. Actually, when I left high school, I never got the feeling that the relationship I had built with my teachers over the previous one to four years had ended. I don’t think that any of the students did either. Every time I go visit my parents, I also stop by my high school and visit my teachers. I also keep in touch with them through email.
It might be because I went to a private school, but the feeling I get from those teachers was that they wanted to keep in touch afterwards and be friends or whatever.
It’s a good feeling to know that your teacher cares.

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