Last week, I went to my son’s middle school for the “Back to School Night”. It was quite fast. We had 8 minutes in each class. Yes, 8 minutes. The teacher talked to us about all the class rules, schedule and other main things that are coming up in the year. The school is much bigger than my son’s elementary school. I was looking for some familiar faces in the crowd and found a few. They are all in different classes.
During the break, I was thinking of heading back to my son’s class when I met a mom who is also in my son’s class, rather, her son is. It was one of those moments where you know you must talk to someone but you don’t quite know why! I know that we are going to be friends for a long time.
The lady is taking classes to become a teacher. Her husband is a math genius. As we were talking, he mentioned that teaching is much like gardening and that her wife spends hours in the garden tending her plants. She likes the roses to be perfect and beautiful. She ensures that the plants are getting proper light, nutrition, and protection.
It struck me that the teacher at the preschool for my younger son has an incredible garden. I will take pictures and add them to this post. The backyard is so peaceful and calm. All her plants are flourishing. The front yard has beautiful flowers. There is a place right under the hedge where the snails congregate after the rain. When I go drop my son, we always look for snails under the leaves and my son squeals “Baby Snails! Sooooo cuuuuuuuuute!”. It is adorable. He also spends considerable time admiring the flowers. He is flourishing at this school. I couldn’t have chosen better.
Do you think there is a correlation between gardening and teaching?
