death

The loss of a loved one can drastically change a child’s life. A child who experiences this often loses their sense of belonging and control over their life. It is therefore important for teachers to do all they can to make that child feel worthy and important again.
Personally, I have been fortunate in that I have never experienced the loss of someone I care about. Death was not something that I gave much thought to as it has never touched my life. It was not until recently that a professor of mine said something that made me start to think about death. She said that in her twenty-five years of teaching, four of her students had died. She also stressed the importance of being prepared in case you have a student who loses a parent or a sibling.
During my half-day practicum, in a grade four-five class at Bayview Elementary, the class pet bunny died. Ms. Jorgensen, the teacher, held a ceremony to honour the bunny. Many of the students cried and so did Ms. Jorge...