Today is my last day of teaching my four year old Magical Ballerinas. I'm actually quite emotional about it as they have been the most well-behaved, honest, loving, and hard-working class I have ever taught. This letter is in honor of them, but applies to every one of my students.
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| I took this photo of my beautiful niece in Disneyland. While we were waiting in line, she suddenly started dancing to the music without a care in the world |
Dear Students,
The world is only interested in what you have to offer them, but be yourself anyway. You'll more than likely surpass their expectations if you do so. But more importantly, you'll be happier and you won't turn to temporary fixes like toxic friends, good looking men, and the Panda Express' menu to make yourself feel complete.
Magazine quizzes, Oprah, and 'inspiring blogs' will try and decipher your personality and tell you who you are. You don't need them. You need a way to express yourself, you need your family (if you're lucky enough to come from a good one), and you need a select group of friends with hearts as pure as yours.
Together we explored the power of creativity. We picked stars from the sky in our rainbow ballgown dresses and rode our green, blue, and yellow magical ponies with our sparking tiaras and long ballerina necks. And if you wanted a pony with rainbow fur, her name tattooed on her chest, and gold high heels on its feet, then that's what you got. Because out of everything I taught you (plies and skips and how to stand correctly), this is what I want you to remember:
It is more important to be yourself than to be accepted.
And that's the last lesson I'll ever teach you. Keep riding those crazy ponies.
Sincerely,
Miss Branflake
aka... Your Lead Star-Picking Fairy
26 comments:
Oh that was such a lovely letter!And so true...
oh my....wise words....hope the day goes well!!
Are you sure your not a 90 year old wise wizard?
You really are wise beyond your years, I wish I had half your commonsense.
*smiles*
Lilac and Grey
r u kidding me?! - ok when u move to the EC - hopefully you'll end up moving up north more (like Jersey after DC) and i will have a little one by then - and U will be her teacher!
@Erika- I hope so!!
@Tabitha- ha! Well, I don't know about that! But thank you.
Such wise words and a beautiful letter!
so sweet and so heart-breaking. you are a wonderful teacher.
xo
olya
Dear Tiffany Star Picking Fairy,
... :)
I cannot tell you how much I adore this post. This letter needs to be sent to every single girl ever born.
Sorry you are sad to leave your precious students, I can relate to that feeling myself as I used to teach horseback riding and it was incredibly hard when I had to move on. Now I have my kung fu students and since I own the gym one of the things I look forward to the most is seeing them grow over the years to come.
Best of luck with everything, wonderful things are coming your way. You are incredible and good things happen for women like you.
xoxxo Diana
It's always emotional my lovely to leave one's precious students, but I'm certain they'll cherish what you have taught them and remember especially your Warmth. XX
Bourbon & Pearls nailed it–you're definitely my favorite wise fairy wizard.
When I left my first teaching job after deciding to move to be with Joe, a group of my students made me a scrapbook and presented it to me on the last day. I was an emotional mess. I knew the day was coming and I was so ready to be moving on but saying good-bye to those kids was so, so hard.
That last line got me!
Thank you!
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i love your letter! so sweet! bittersweet!
xx
b
@OneCraftyFox- Thank you! Means so much. Wow, we've seen a lot of our lives through all these years of blogging, haven't we?
Why couldn't I have read this when I was younger?
You are wise beyond your years, Miss Branflake! xoxo
that is so sweet you teach 4 year olds, they must be a joy to teach! love the letter to your students
I can only say... Beautiful!
Beautifully said.
This made me so sad....I hope you'll teach 4-year old ballerinas in Virginia...Watch out world!
You must be an absolutely incredible teacher! This is so sweet, Tiffany. I would definitely have fallen in love with dance as a little girl if I had had you as a role model.
xo
This is so many kinds of wonderful.
i am sure they will remember you forever!
such nice words - being yourself rather than being accepted. Oh how I miss teaching 4 year old classes... truly fun and inspiring :)
This letter was positively magical, my friend. It's exactly what those little girls need to hear and read over and over again as the years pass. I've no doubt that they'll always remember you as that dance teacher who was so very much more than just a dance teacher.
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