The joys of teaching...

18 Oct. 2011

One of the best parts of teaching is seeing the excitement and joy on students' faces and knowing that you've made their day.

In one of my teacher's classrooms, we have a daily routine with each class. All the students sit down (hopefully quietly) at their desk. Then, the teacher decides who is going to pass out the folders (and if you are in 1st grade, the pencil cases!). However, the teacher doesn't just choose ANYONE to do this important task. It's always the quietest and best behaved students.

Those two students have the "honor" of handing out the folders and ordering the other students around in English.

One of my 1st grade classes has a student who has a lot of energy and has trouble sitting still. He's super smart and a hard-worker (when he has something to do). Otherwise, he's sort of all over the place. As you can guess, this type of student isn't often chosen to pass out the folders because its hard enough just trying to get him to sit down in one place.

However, today, this student was sitting ever so nicely in his seat and not making a sound. The look on his face when he heard his name called was priceless--a look of pure joy! He was so surprised that he asked, "¿Yo? Me?" He was a perfect little helper--trying really hard to get the English phrases right!

I just wanted to share this little story that makes going to school to work with students worth it!