Learning Never Stops

There are days when I trudge to school. I don't feel on top of the world. My interactions with my students on those days lack vitality; thankfully they don't happen too often! What about our students? Do we know what's going on in their lives? Are they being bullied, abused, neglected, disrespected? Could they be lonely?  Do you have the time to find out? Does the school timetable breath down your neck? As a teacher, I realize I cannot solve all their problems. But I can most certainly give them hope. And so when I came across Oliver Jeffers' story the other day, I felt it was the perfec t way to address these issues. I like to think I am aware of what goes on in my students' lives. Every morning when I chat with them, I get a feel of their mood. I can make out which day is not going to be a fruitful day for a particular child. This beautiful, heart wrenching story is about a little girl who was very, very curious. Her father was always around encoura...