Teacher Anonymous: Another fabulous day

It can be easy to be negative as a teacher. Kids can be bothersome. You have another district-mandated bunch of paperwork to deal with. A parent is sending you long-winded e-mails. You name it.

Luckily, I'm inundated with so many things that make me smile throughout the day, I don't even have the time to think negatively :)

If you're a teacher reading this, firstly--thank you. Secondly--I know you want to slap me. Don't think I don't groan at the idea of going to another meeting about an acronym that I barely remember (PPG, SLO or PDP? E3? Wait...) I'm on your level. I just like to celebrate the happy.

Things that happened today that made me smile:

1. Students did their weekend homework, which was to find ANY word that they found fascinating, and decorate it, define it and use it in a sentence. Some of my favorites that were brought in:
- neurotransmitter
- convoluted
- pluvial
- animatronic
- autotonsorialist (a person who cuts his/her own hair)
- ADHD (displayed with diagrams of an ADHD brain and non-ADHD brain)

2. A girl confided in me today with a very important secret. I felt very trusted. Almost motherly. Maybe cool-younger-aunt-esque? Yeah.

3. I got to hand out half of the envelopes for our future dance/cheer team :) It was great hearing the squeals of delight. (I then later found out I was supposed to have them wait until they got home...whoopsie)

4. My co-workers rock. :D