I JUST LOVE MY STUDENTS

I know that it may sound cheesy but I just love my students.  I have been catching them in those teacher "aw, ha" moments where I can reasure myself that they were actually listening to me teach.  Its the cutest thing to see a 1st grader look aver at their neighbor and talk to them about the project using the vocabulary that I taught them.  Even seeing a junior high students refer to their notes before coming up to me to ask "what do I do next?"  This is initiative in the making!  Finally, it's sinking in.