Best in HD - the last line just floors me Authors Celebration Each of the students were gathered on the rug, cross legged and eagerly awaiting their turn to show their parents and grandparents their accomplishments at the Authors Celebration. I looked on the list for Reuben’s name awaiting his turn. Had he seen the list himself, he would have sat as I did as a child, with mounting nervousness, awaiting the moment my own time would come. The children read their own stories so beautifully and I sensed the tears of joy in the audience, filling the air with the taste of pride. When Reuben’s turn came, he was welcomed by an array of cheers. It was his moment. And then the nose rubbing started. He stood up and made up a story on the spot about the apparent cat that he has. He couldn’t bring himself to read his own story. Inevitably, the teacher read his story for him, and I could feel my own tears mounting, their meaning not so easy to articulate. Not disappointment. Not happiness. Perhaps in truth I felt sad that hed written the story but it was the teacher who had closure on his achievements. As the children scurried out of the door to the gratitude party happening downstairs, I asked Reuben if he could read it just to me and the camera. The filmmaker who’d captured the event for the class had already left. And suddenly, he sat there and read his story so beautifully. And it was a big and beautiful story about our day playing in the leaves that I’d recorded in photos. HIs writing was quite glorious. I rushed over to hug him after this and we stayed that way for several minutes as by then his was in tears. I talked to him about how it’s ok to feel pride in your work, to feel good about accomplishments. It’s a good thing. And how when I was a little girl I would never want to speak in front of a crowd. He wanted to tear up his work because it “wasn’t good”. It’s a way of him expressing that he has too many emotions and doesn’t know how to convey them. I know he feels proud. Proud that he can skip through his maths homework in a breeze, proud that he has told his story. And it was a beautiful story. The End So glad I had the video running and the filmmaker will incorporate this coverage into his film.
Posted on: Thu, 20 Nov 2014 17:24:50 +0000
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