The highlight of my day was on a field trip to the Bon Secours Wellness Arena to watch Auburn play Vanderbilt in the first round of the SEC Women’s Basketball tournament.
My group of twenty 4th graders got to sit in court side chairs for the first quarter of the game.
I sat beside Mauro and Daniel.
Mauro and his family are from Guatemala.
Daniel and his family are from Mexico.
Both of them are on our school soccer team and know a lot about fútbol.
I played basketball in my childhood and young adulthood and know a lot about roundball.
“Have you ever been to a basketball game before?” I asked just before tip off.
“No,” they answered. “This is our first one!”
I loved explaining the game I love to them.
They loved learning about it.
I smiled at them as they watched in wonder as a player made a 3 point basket from way beyond the line, a player fouled another player hard as she drove to the basket and got to shoot 2 free throws, and a player made a great pass under the basket to her team mate.
This is teaching at it’s best - love of learning, watching in wonder, smiling at the serendipity of it all.
Wow.
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