The last couple of weeks have been really great ones. Nothing exceptionally big has happened, but I do want to share some of the small things that have made the end of the semester wonderful.
1. I have great students. For the most part, I've had students with really good grades, which makes my job a lot easier.
2. I have students who will stop by just to say hello - apparently seeing me once a day is not enough.
3. Monday we had Christmas parties in all of my classes. I was really on top of things and got to school early Monday morning - early enough that hardly anyone was there. I had a very heavy box full of soda and puppy chow. I managed to get it out of my trunk without a lot of fuss, but as I closed my trunk lid and start walking toward the door I was pondering how exactly I was going to get it inside. I look over and one of my students is running toward the door from across the parking lot to get there ahead of me and holds it open for me to get in. As I'm walking in, he says - I didn't realize you had that big box until you were started toward the door or I would have carried for you. How sweet is that!? Add to this - he's a kid you would never expect that from. Made my day!
4. I also handed back pajama pants Monday. Same kid that opened the door for me asked to go change into his. He wore them for the rest of the day - proud as could be that he had made them.
5. I have students that draw me funny pictures of class jokes and write me random notes to say hi when my room is used for after school activities.
6. My foods kids are awesome cooks! They have made some AMAZING dishes this semester! And they want to take group pictures to remember the class by.
7. I finally have even the kids that aren't in foods trained on how to clean up the kitchens when other classes borrow utensils or prepare food in my room. They even dry out my stainless steel sinks!
8. I have students volunteer to do things for me - take boxes to the dumpster, clean out nasty tea containers that were randomly left in my room, wash my dishes, etc.
9. Kids want to change their schedules to take more of my classes. Two of my classes are doubling in size after Christmas break!
10. One of my student's gave me a really sweet Christmas gift.
11. My student's never fail to make me smile. They are the reason I love my job! Don't get me wrong, sometimes they really frustrate me to the point I'm ready to pull my hair out, but they usually make up for it later.
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