On March 2, 2012, my students in First G asked me to close my eyes and when I opened them presented me with a poem they had written in Spanish class about the times we spent together. Here you will find my ¡Extran Hero! entry about receiving this poem, which brought me to tears. See below to read the poem in Spanish and its English translation.
Romance para Michael Romance for Michael
Michael tiene el pelo largo Michael has long hair
y muy rubio de color; and very blonde in color;
se preocupa por nosotros, he cares about us,
lo hace de corazón. and does it with heart.
En la fiesta de los muertos On the day of the dead
de vampiro se visitió, he dressed as a vampire,
muy alegre y muy atento very cheerful and very helpful
con nosotros se portó, with us he performed,
fue una fiesta divertida it was a fun holiday
aunque alguno se asustó. although one was scared,
En las blancas navidades During the white Christmas
de Santa Claus se vistió, he dressed as Santa Claus,
llevaba un cojín de tripas, wearing a cushion as a belly,
tenía roto el pantalón, he had ripped pants,
llevaba una barba blanca he wore a white beard,
que un alumno le robó, which one student stole,
nos enseñó villancicos he taught us Christmas carols
que con nosotros cantó. which we sang.
Todos le recordaremos All will remember
esté aquí o en Nueva York. here or in New York
Michael es casí un amigo Michael is almost a friend
¡y un perfecto profesor! and a perfect teacher!
It's moments like this that make all the difficult days, the doubt, and the disappointment worthwhile. And clearly these kids recognize a great teacher when they see one!
ReplyDeleteFile this one away. A reminder for the bad days of why we do what we do. Very sweet.
ReplyDeleteSo precious! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteMichael!!! I'm Miguel, your german classmate, I love the blog that you have created, I said you today you are really good doing this kind of art! I really love your little tales, they are very funny. Well see you in the next german class, keep doing this amazing story, I'll visit more :)
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