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"Nobody said it was easy. No one ever said it would be this hard..."
Saying farewell to the PS22 Chorus of 2020 is one of the toughest goodbyes I experienced in my career. We shared a year filled with challenges unlike any that came before! But these kids showed up - sometimes under the toughest of circumstances, but they showed up.
The transition to remote education was a struggle, but the chorus, Ms. Lisa, and I shared laughs, music, and deep conversations twice a week online, and those moments undoubtedly helped me through some of my own personal toughest days during this long stretch. Along the way, the kids proved to Lisa and me (and we hope most importantly, themselves), just how remarkable and resilient they really are.
And impossibly, they produced this, their coup de grace, one of the most poignant and heart-rending performances in PS22 Chorus history. The song is "The Scientist" by Coldplay, and it was one we were only starting to work on when we were interrupted by the pandemic. The kids learned the rest remotely and submitted their performances one at a time. It took over a week for me to put this together, and STILL, I have yet to watch this video without tearing up.
So as I write this with blurry eyes, I must say that my sadness at this juncture is only overridden by my pride in these remarkable little humans, most certainly on their way, which EVER way their individual paths take them, to continue to make this world a more harmonious one. Godspeed!
facebook.com/ps22chorus
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"Nobody said it was easy. No one ever said it would be this hard..."
Saying farewell to the PS22 Chorus of 2020 is one of the toughest goodbyes I experienced in my career. We shared a year filled with challenges unlike any that came before! But these kids showed up - sometimes under the toughest of circumstances, but they showed up.
The transition to remote education was a struggle, but the chorus, Ms. Lisa, and I shared laughs, music, and deep conversations twice a week online, and those moments undoubtedly helped me through some of my own personal toughest days during this long stretch. Along the way, the kids proved to Lisa and me (and we hope most importantly, themselves), just how remarkable and resilient they really are.
And impossibly, they produced this, their coup de grace, one of the most poignant and heart-rending performances in PS22 Chorus history. The song is "The Scientist" by Coldplay, and it was one we were only starting to work on when we were interrupted by the pandemic. The kids learned the rest remotely and submitted their performances one at a time. It took over a week for me to put this together, and STILL, I have yet to watch this video without tearing up.
So as I write this with blurry eyes, I must say that my sadness at this juncture is only overridden by my pride in these remarkable little humans, most certainly on their way, which EVER way their individual paths take them, to continue to make this world a more harmonious one. Godspeed!
