05/31/2019
My final last day of school at Laurens-Marathon…
As I sit here I realize it’s not the walls, the desks, the hundreds of paint samples, the drawings on the wall, the giant portrait of George Washington, the flag that always smacked me in the face, Carl Azuz and his puns, or the pencils all over the floor that made this our classroom. We built this together. It was ours.
One thing I learned in the last few weeks is the scariest thing to do is be happy, successful, comfortable, and surrounded by amazing people in a district you love and jump straight off into the unknown. Don’t be afraid to step outside of what is comfortable and change your path. The key is to have enough trust in yourself to know you can meet the new challenge head on.
I’ll miss you all. Lucky for us, Sioux Central isn’t that far and Laurens is still my home. I’ll answer if you need me. If I don’t it’s because I finally ran away to live at Mount Vernon. You’ll find me sitting on the front porch looking at the Potomac River. Or hiding in the trees because you cannot actually live there…
Have a great summer, read a book, be nice to your siblings, help your parents, and do something good for someone else. Whatever you put into the universe comes back to you. So make it positive.
~ Mrs. Tate
