THE POPPINS: SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIOUS

The Poppins

She closed the door. Behind it, there were hundreds of incredible moments lived with her last family, The Poppins. The sun shone. It was 14:30 and she must talk with her boss before returning at home. While she was walking across the hot corridor, she thought in the first day when one of the Poppins explained her, her doubts about continuing in the course. It was a hard moment, how can you convince anyone who didn’t know you to trust in you and in a new course? She continued walking until the electrical panel. She opened it and switch off the lights.

It has been an intensive day, in fact, it has been the last day and although she has tried to do a normal class, it has been impossible because the last day is always a special day, a day plenty of feeling, emotions and hidden confessions. She was very proud of every member of that unforgettable family. They remembered her when she was younger and tried to study English and suffered a lot to understand her teacher, his cassettes, his listening. How many times she thought that she wasn’t going to learn this language? How many hours studying the same and understanding nothing?  How many failed exams? How many bad days? Too many, perhaps, but she was lucky to find a person who believed that she could do it. 

She crossed the little space which separated the classrooms and the reception and entered in it. She always had a big smile for the receptionists. A course is the result of the effort of a lot of people and you must be pleasant with them because they’re attending you every day and offering their best to help you. The receptionist smiled in a funny way and asked her about her presents while she was showing them to her. They were incredibly made by heart. She hadn’t had enough words because she was astonished and she didn’t know what to say. 

She had a meeting with her boss, a wonderful woman with a great sense of humour, something very important to survive nowadays. They talked about the course and about the future. She was very thankful with all the coordinators of the centre because when she had nothing, they trusted on her.

She left the centre without knowing if she was going to return someday but happy with the success of the last courses. By the way, she found another Poppins and they were talking during some minutes before she took her car and drove home.

An incredible feeling of sadness invaded her. She was going to miss The Poppins. They had been her perfect family during more than three months and she had met strong and wonderful people. 

She is very shy. She doesn’t like talking but listening. She loves poetry and music. She doesn’t understand anything but accept it. She hates intolerance and tries to survive in the middle of an understandable world. She thinks that you must fight your future. She thinks that you can arrive, if you believe in it. She knows that life is a game and you must play your best cards. She trusts in The Poppins. She trusts in them in the same way that some years ago someone trusted in her. We only need a little of external trust, we are able to offer all the rest.

She’s Carmen; she’s Cristina, she’s Eli, she’s Esther, she’s Irina, she’s Isa 1^st, she’s Isa 2^nd, she’s Jennifer, she’s Laura, she’s Lulú, she’s Núria, she’s Saharay, she’s Susana and she’s Tonyi. She’s the sum of all of them because we’re all connected.

 We are the champions, my friends,
And we'll keep on fighting 'til the end.
No time for losers
'Cause we are the champions of the world.

Queen