She breathed in the sweet aroma of the marker as she worked. Today is the day! The small trailer that housed the school was on the same property as a larger, traditional, one-room school building. She turned to glance around the small classroom and butterflies fluttered in her stomach. The trailer was spacious enough for their needs. It had an area in the center of the room for the students’ desks, and learning stations were situated around the room. Brightly colored photos of farm animals featuring the names of the four students hung on the wall in one corner. A colorful alphabet, complete with a pictured item illustrating each letter, was displayed on the wall above the dry-erase board. Large, open windows lined each wall, and an unusually warm, late-March breeze filled the room with the smell of spring and new beginnings. It had been only two weeks since she’d accepted her cousin Malinda’s invitation to start teaching there. After speaking to the parent committee and then observing the class, Rachel was finally ready to take her place at the front of the classroom with Malinda.
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