My last task before the school leaving ceremony was to purchase the flowers; yellow roses. I had to queue for a long time and the dozen roses lie peacefully on the carousel at the till.
An elderly man just in front of me started counting the roses in his boredom. He looked at me then back on the roses and back on me again with curiosity in his eyes. “One for my children” – I said proudly. “Do you have twelve?” – asked me with wonderment. “Yes” – I replied with a smile on my face… but I didn’t have time to explain him my story as the queue was moving solidly.
Yes, I have a dozen of young adults, who are being tested, on the threshold of the adult life – to quote the words I heard at one of the school leaving ceremonies. From the words of laudation at schools we know how scared these young people were when they first arrived to their new schools, how many funny lessons they had and how many school trips are behind them with many many memories and secrets. Of course, we know that before these students enter into the world of adults they still have one more exam to take.
It was not easy to be present at the same time at three different locations with my, or better phrased with “our” students, who we are really proud of.
And on Monday morning I ran out of breath too. I sighed when I read the topics of literature for the Matura examination and it didn’t become easier when I read the headlines in the newspapers saying that “mathematics was the most difficult exam task ever”.
Both days around noon my phone was ringing continuously as the children called me to tell everything about their exams, they used full and long sentences unlike in the past. I am really excited this morning as well when they have to face with the questions of history. I hope they will not rewrite history at this level of difficulty.
We keep our fingers crossed from the background!
V. Sárközi Angéla, mentor Kaposvár 2.