i love the students
i give thanks for the opportunity of having them ask me to speak into their lives
i value the privilege that i have to watch them learn and begin to lead others
i rejoice in the hearing of them gasp and oooh and awww in delight as they watch an unexpected chemical transformation occur (mixing 2 clearish solutions together --> bright green solution --> crystals!)
i smile as they realize and express dismay that they must then later dissolve their crystals
You see they are destroying these crystals in order that they may be made new through a slower recrystallization process that will not occur in front of their eyes within the span of 30 minutes, but instead while the beakers are tucked away for the next week in their lab drawers.
i know the crystals will form again and that they will be of higher quality and purity. some of the students even realize this, but nonetheless they are mournful as they heat up and stir away the spiky green kryptonite looking crystals.
i love the transformations that i'm given a front row seat to observe.
they don't often happen quickly, but with patience and hope i seek to see
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