the best thing about teaching

The best thing about teaching is making an impact on kids.  Sometimes you can see it happen, sometimes you'll never even know. This morning before school another teacher dropped by to share one of those wonderful moments I wouldn't have known about otherwise. In a writing assignment for this teacher, one of my students wrote that she wants to be a Spanish teacher (I would have been excited enough if the sentence had stopped there!) "because I love my Spanish teacher".  :-) !!!  My heart went soaring up into the sky!  I love that the girl wrote that AND I also love that the teacher took the time to make sure I knew.