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A spark of hope

Mr. Hunter greeted us with a beaming face. He showed my mom my geography grade. 100.33% more than you can achieve, he was beaming all over his face and was very happy to show this grade. Then he asked if there was anything else. I hesitated and didn't really know what to say. Luckily, he then took the conversation in hand and asked if there were any questions about the training camp.

This question made my whole body tense and my mom looked at me and told me to just ask where we were. So I asked him what rooms there were going to be as I didn't know who I was going to room with as I was going without my friends this year as they were spending their Future Week in Amsterdam. Mr. Hunter noticed that I was struggling to answer him and had a worried face that he always has when he looks at me. He replied to my question that he didn't know for sure as another teacher was doing it. But he guessed that there would be three rooms.

Then he asked me who I would like to be in the room with. At that moment, I had to try really hard to hold back my tears. I told him I didn't know because I didn't have anyone. He suggested the girls from fourth grade and asked if I would like to be in the room with them. I was really happy with this suggestion and told him that it would work.

He told me he would sort it out with them and let Mr. Antretter know. Mr. Hunter noticed how tense I was during the whole conversation and said that he had the feeling that I was afraid of the training camp. I confirmed this to him and he just said that I didn't have to be, because if anything happened or I wasn't feeling well, he and the other teachers would still be there. Finally, he asked me if I could live with this solution. I nodded and he asked if there was anything else.

I looked at my mom and she said that I should ask him now if I was already there. I hesitated at first, but then said that I didn't want to discuss it next to her. We said goodbye to Mr. Hunter and when I wanted to shake his hand, he said that my mom should go out and asked if I wanted to stay with him to talk about my concerns. However, I made it clear to him that now was not the right time and that I would write to him via Teams when I was ready.

Then we said goodbye with a big smile. I still remember his smile today, he was just beaming all over his face the whole time. I've never seen him like that before, he made my weekend. That's exactly why I like him so much.