Tailor made

When I was a little girl, I used to have my clothes made by a tailor. I still remember entering a sewing room with the predominant colour white, being surrounded by all sorts of fabrics... most of all, I remember seeing the expression on the tailor's face during the fittings.

Last week I went back to a tailor shop in order to have two dresses made. There is definitely something special about this way of buying clothes. If you think about it, even if someone else comes immediately after me, chooses the exact same model and the exact same fabric, the measures won't be the same, which means that the final product will be different.

I try to bear this in mind whenever I'm teaching, i. e. that each student has individual measures, expectations and needs. And I try to make sure that they get exactly what they want and precisely what they need. This hasn't been easy considering the number of lessons I've been teaching per day but I'm willing to keep on trying.

And who knows? Maybe in a couple of years' time, students will look back and remember entering a classroom with the predominant colour white, being surrounded by all sorts of materials and, most of all, seeing the expression on my face every time they get it...