Certainly, I am ready to close the lid on this semester. … Except, the end of this semester is also the end of the three classes of students that I've been teaching. Normally, I would get to see them all year, but today was our last day. While there are some whom I hardly saw--even when we were in person, I have still built strong bonds with many of my students. I'm sure that I'm going to have some great students this coming semester, but I'm truly going to miss these classes, especially my seniors as I will not get a chance to have them in class again.
Yes, this has been a rough semester, especially the past couple of months of online teaching, but I'm still glad for the connections we made.