Teacher Appreciation:From the Mouths of Babes!

Some of my students wrote  a letter for the state department’s Teacher Appreciation Day contest. After reading the letters, it gave me some insight as to what my students appreciate about me. I chose to use the letters as an informal evaluation  tool to see what I am doing right,(or wrong). I found some of the responses quite amusing.:)

• I bustle (Vocabulary word) around on Twitter looking for people to Skype with.
• I am a cool teacher, even with my corny jokes.
• Even if one of the students make me angry, I don’t show my bad emotions out loud.
• I am the best motivator ever!
• I am nice, because if I won the Mega Millions, I would give every student a million dollars. (I did promise that-LOL)
• I always have a smile when I walk in, and it means to have a great day.
• If someone gets an answer wrong, I don’t pout.
• When they have a question, I always have an answer. (Hmmm…I think it just seems that way.:)
• I’m overprotective. (Yeah, those are MY babies, don’t mess with them!)
• I am very fun.
• I help with 5th grade drama. (This particular student added, “I’m not a part of it, but she always has great solutions.”)
• I care for them all the time.
• I am super cool. 🙂 
• My effort shows to them.
• I make hard things easy, and easy things awesome!
• I don’t keep them outside when it drizzles, because I don’t want them to get sick. (Also, because I don’t want to get my hair wet!)
• I have a lot of cool websites.
• I taught them to never give up on themselves and never be scared to ask a question.
• I always repeat myself so that they can understand. (I thought it was because they weren’t listening to me. 🙂 
• I have “rocking” teacher skills! Woo hoo! (I added the “Woo,hoo”part)
• I love all my students. (I really do)
• And most of all, I take my job seriously.

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