Presentación final de inglés [ESP-ENG]

My son has been chosen every year, the teacher had told me that this year even though he was intermittent, she knew who my son was and what he was capable of doing, that's why he could not miss it. She asked me if she could count on my support and I told her yes, that whatever she told me we would put all the will in the world so that everything would be excellent.

It was then that she told me that she wanted to talk about the USA and all that it represented, that she was going to choose more than 10 children for the event, all of them were going to be dressed or with something allusive to what they were going to present, but that was up to her, since she not only teaches at the school, but she is dedicated to make camps for children and so those costumes were for her. She was just waiting for our support as parents to help the children so that everything would go well.

After a while she tells me that it was my son's turn to talk about Thanksgiving dinner, that she still didn't know whether to put a hat or something on his chest, but that he should wear Red and Blue. I told her there was no problem with that, that he had clothes in that color. In the end she decided on a hat, she would have it ready and would let me know the day before so I could go measure it to see how it would look on him. By now he was already studying what he was going to say.

The big day arrived and he had learned the part that he had to do, but here something interesting starts and it is that when we were on our way to school I started to get nervous, I started to tell him that if he didn't want me to write down on a piece of paper what I was going to say so he wouldn't get nervous. He told me no, not to tell him that he was going to get nervous. I shut up and let him be.

The ceremony begins with all the protocol and the presentation of certificates to the third graders who pass to the second stage, then the presentation of the Certificate of Excellence to all the other children. At the end there was a dance performance to give the other children a chance to change for their English act.

As I run to change my son, I tell him again that if he didn't want me to write down what I was going to say. Here I say that one sometimes fails, because instead of giving him reassurance he goes and conveys his fears, but I wished him the best of luck, put on his hat and went to his presentation. When it was his turn, he got nervous, it was hard for him to start and he was looking for me. I signaled him to breathe, start again and continue. He did and it went great.

All the children who participated did excellent, they are very brave to stand up in front of a crowd of people to make a presentation, with a microphone and have that courage. I was fascinated with everything, they looked beautiful.

The presentations ranged from the Statue of Liberty, Easter, Halloween, Christmas, the American flag, to Thanksgiving dinner, where my son wore his turkey hat with no shame at all. He was thrilled and even wanted to keep it. The teacher finally presented him with a certificate for his participation in the event.

This event was not only beautiful and special, but it also taught him and I. He learned to act crazy when I am nervous 🤣 and I learned not to transmit my nervousness. In this journey of motherhood we never stop learning and you, moms and dads, has anything like this ever happened to you.

While I'm reading you in the comments, I leave you this final photo that caused a lot of emotion to everyone, where my son hugs his English teacher and she congratulates him.