Victory in Teaching Day!

Today is a very special day. It is the day in which I learned my students LIKE me. They actually LIKE me! They aren’t just being nice to me so I will let them play Pictionary. How do I know? This is how it went down:

At the very end of my teen class, one of my students abruptly left the classroom, only to come right back. All the others were acting funny, and one of them was talking to me super fast—obviously trying to distract me from something. Then, they stood in a little semi-circle, told me they had something for me, and made me close my eyes and hold out my hands. (At first I thought they were going to put a hamster in my hand, as one of the students had her hamster with her today, oddly enough!) BUT, instead of a hamster, it was an adorable little bear knick-knack, and a GREAT card, on which they wrote me the most precious message in the whole world.

(In case you can't read it, it says, "From the moment you become our teacher, our lives changed for the better...we love you very much and want to be wish us forever."

Now, I am not one to cry over sentimental times, so no tears came, but it was pretty close. My heart was bursting, and I gave each of my darling girls a big hug. Now, the bad part was: I had just finished report cards for them to take home to their parents! So, I followed that brilliant display of affection with grades for their parents to see…OOPS!

Take THAT, discouragements of last week! :)