Excitement and passion and loud discussion reigned during class. Topics: The Profile Project, what Ms. Sapelly should teach next time, and Ms. Nessrella's request to students to petition Principal Starr-Klein to retain Ms. Sapelly.
After a lively and noisy debate, students worked as if we had a hundred more classes. Spontaneous watercolors, drawings in sketchbooks, or simple conversation claimed the class duration. Alas, I watched my ink-obsessed student continue to 'aim and fire' his inks, making yet another larger spectacular, riotous piece...
Ms. Sapelly quietly cleaned up and packed the few remaining supplies in her plastic boxes. Trying very hard to retain her 'joy'- as the students remarked to her that even when she tried to 'act depressed or angry' that it was impossible to wipe away the happiness in her face- ...her eyes fell upon the crocuses peering out from the pale grey swampy ground surronding the school, the clear strong blue sky...
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