Special Event Class: Tell Me More About That

Hue was very, very excited. Though she had started working at SA at the beginning of the school year, she hadn't had many opportunities to teach. She spent most of her time with mentors and observing other classrooms.

However, today was her day. She was going to lead a class! It was a special event and one of her mentors sat in the back of the classroom to observe. She was giddy and ready to get going.

The class was more or less an implementation of what Hue had done at the Institution, her societies school. Whenever a school year was coming to an end, those in the level above would get together with those in the level below and pair up to discuss what their year had been like. This was so those below could feel prepared for what was to come and those above wouldn't forget where they had been.

She stood in front of a group of twenty students: ten first graders and ten second graders. She smiled broadly, her excitement visibility pouring out as she let a bit more of her Light out making her skin just a bit brighter for a moment before she calmed reigned it back in. She didn't want to affect any of these young students with her Clarifying Light quite yet. She did make sure though that the students who were brought in for this class didn't have negative reactions to light magic. The last thing she wanted was to fry a child vampire.

"Welcome kids! I am so excited to have you here for this special event class! My name is Hue of the Blue Clan. You may call me Miss Hue. Today we are going to pair up and share about how our school years have been so far. For some of you this probably sounds very exciting and others it might sound kind of scary. Both are fine! In fact, some of you might even feel both ways about this exercise."

Hue had been standing and at this time lowered her self down so she sat cross-legged in front of the students. She didn't like to spend too much time towering over everyone. She grabbed two cups from her desk and handed them to the students on her left and her right.

"First graders, pick a stick from the red cup and second graders, pick a stick from the green cup!" She waited until the students had all picked a stick before she continued "Now, on the ends of your sticks you will see a number. Find the student with the same number as you. They will be your partner!"

She would give the students a few minutes to find their partner and hopefully say hi before she finished with her instructions.

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Hue watched as the children found their partners. She loved watching children interact with each other. There was just something so sweet and innocent about it. She waited until everyone was in a pair and had at least given their names before speaking again.

"Good job everyone! I am going to give the rest of the instructions now so listen up." She smiled and stood back up, moving towards the white board.

"Today is what my society calls a Peer Mentorship Day. I am sure some of your teachers already explained it to you but I will do a quick refresher."

She picked up a red marker and drew a horizontal line on the board and then a little stick figure in the middle.

"This is the Path of Life and this is you on the Path of Life." She picked up an orange marker and drew two more stick figures, one in front and one behind the red stick figure.

"These are other the people on the Path of Life. It is important to have people in front of and behind you on the Path of Life so you can see where you are going and so you don't forget where you have been."

She sat down again in front of the students, "First graders, today is about talking to someone just a couple steps ahead. Second graders, today is about talking to someone just a couple steps behind you. Find somewhere in the classroom that looks like a fun and comfortable place to sit and talk. There are tables with paper and pens if you'd like to draw while you talk. There are some blocks in the back if you'd like to sit and build something. There are bean bag chairs up front and if you have a hard time sitting still, you can walk around the outside of the classroom." She motioned to each area as she talked; the tables, the blocks, the bean bags, and the carpet path that went around the edges of the room.

"The first ten minutes are going to spent with the first graders telling the second graders what their year has been like. Second graders, your task during these ten minutes is to ask the first graders questions. This is so you can remember how it felt to be a first grader before you tell the first graders how it feels to be a second grader. If you need help at any point, just raise your hand and I will come right to you!" She didn't mention that she would be paying attention to their conversations as well in case someone needed her to step in but was to shy to raise their hand.

"Now find a spot to talk and I will let you know when the first ten minutes is up!" She smiled again, her eyes closing as she did and her shoulders shrugging up a bit. A butterfly flew up and out of the branches on her back for a moment before it settled back into its place.

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