So as our date is approaching we are getting a lot more questions about the adoption. I am trying to remember to write these down and journal for Minalachew, but some of these I really want to share.
As an Assistant Principal at a Middle School I have a lot of opportunities to field questions from students......that could be a whole other blog. However this past week I was able to remember some of the questions and statements that I have been told so far that I felt drawn to share:
Top 10 Questions/Statements Middle Schoolers Seem to have about this adoption:
10: Can I come with you? (middle school for...can I get out of a few days of school). Too many kids to even write down!
9: Can you bring him to school when he gets here? 8th grade girl
8: Does he go to school now? Is he learning English? 6th grader
7: What does he think about snow....my cousin just came from Africa and ran out in the snow with no shoes on, Miss Cabeen make sure you have boots at home for him! 6th and 8th grade siblings
6: When you go to Africa can you bring me something back? again too many students to list who said this one first.
5: At lunch the other day some kids called you a racist (now for the audience out here..middle schoolers have called me a lot worse) but I said "Hey she is not a racist-she is adopting a kid from Ethiopia!" 8th grader
4: Will you be back to school on Monday (after trip one)? When he comes home will you still be the Assistant Principal?
3: Do you know how to speak his language? I have an uncle who speaks Amharic-he can help you. 6th grader
2: Now when you go to see him-will he know you are his mom? Where is his other mom?
1: Ms Cabeen, I wish you could adopt me. 7th grader and another 8th grader
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