00:00I was in my virtual classroom with my virtual students, and they were logging off to go eat lunch.
00:10So I was just sitting here, and I heard some commotion in the hallway, and I went out to see
00:14some students out there, some fifth graders.
00:18And they were looking for somewhere to pray.
00:24It is Ramadan.
00:25Ramadan, they practice, they are Muslim, they practice the Islam faith, and they needed a place to pray.
00:37And they asked if they could come and pray in my room.
00:41And I've never experienced these students praying before.
00:47I've never seen it.
00:49I know they do, and it's usually in another place in the school, but that teacher wasn't here today, the
00:56counselor.
00:58And so they asked if they could come in here.
01:01They knew I didn't have students.
01:03And they said I could stay.
01:04And so I sat at my table, and I watched these four precious babies without any adult there forcing them
01:16to do it, which happens a lot in religion.
01:20With no one here guiding them or leading them or telling them what to do, there was a beautiful symphony
01:30of these four knowing exactly what to do.
01:35Things with their hands, things with their body, standing, sitting, almost bowing and kneeling and in perfect synchronicity and very
01:50seriously.
01:51And it was so incredible to watch.
01:54I sat at my desk, and I just started weeping.
01:58And they got done, and I was sitting there wiping my tears, and they looked at me, and they said,
02:05what?
02:06And I just said, I'm proud of you.
02:08I'm so proud of you.
02:10And they came over, and we hugged, and we had a moment.
02:13But, man, to have that faith as a fifth grader, where you take it on yourself to pray when you're
02:23supposed to and do what you were supposed to do, it was beautiful to watch.
02:27And I'm so proud of my babies.
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