I sometimes forget that I'm good at what I do...

I got a nice letter from my parents today – they sent an article about Budapest hotels and about my friend Kraig.  It was just a nice way to start the day, knowing that someone at home is thinking about me.  I had some good lessons today, my Friday am students are really nice.  I taught my 9A students the different parts of a song and then we did the Cupid Shuffle (special thanks to Laura for the idea – they loved it!) it was a good time because I have some kids who really like to dance.  My first afternoon class is the 10^th graders that I walked out on last week.  I was not thrilled that I was going to their class, but I perked up and went for it.  Upon my arrival to class, they presented me with a box of chocolates and said “they would really like to work with me” and that “they were sorry.”  VICTORY!  Ok- so not really a victory, but my idea worked.  They worked much better today and seemed generally excited to have me back- break them down to bring them up?  I found out in my other class of 9^th graders that they had “written to Google about me” (direct quote) and found my blog, the ratemyteacher.com page, my Facebook site and my collegiate running times.  It’s amazing the things one can find on Google.  SO- they are all fired up to go and Google me tonight (supposedly) so we’ll see what they think of my internet information.  I also had a girl, Vanezssa, approach me and tell me that she had a good idea.  This is really funny because she rarely speaks English in class, but she was VERY excited to tell me this idea.  She thought it would be fun to wait until the sun goes down, and the moon comes up, near Halloween and use lanterns to tell stories.  I got the jist of what she was saying, but it was funny to hear her try to describe it.  The best part was when she said that I should tell their lead teacher, Gabi, the idea but I was to tell Gabi it was my idea because it's not Vanezssa's "job" to tell Gabi those things.  It was hilarious.  Unfortunately, we are not in school on Halloween, so who knows... maybe I'll have to tell Gabi that I have a really good idea...