trevor’s encyclopedia of lost things

What am I?

I am a pencil. 

I am the yellow color of the pencil that is the yellow of the early morning sun that rises each and every morning as I make my way to school. 

I am the eraser that rubs out mistakes students make in my classroom, mistakes that I correct and forgive until there is only a hint that they were there in the first place.

I am the graphite students use to write their stories for the world.

I am notebook paper.

I am the blank pages on which students write what they’re learning about the world.

I am lines that keep students organized and headed in the right direction.

I am textbooks.

I am the area model to help my students understand multiplication instead of just memorizing numbers.

I am the planets.

I am human rights.

I am a teacher.