I love to teach school. I have always had the belief that if you don't love teaching, you should find another vocation. Students have a sixth sense about whether their teacher wants to spend an hour or more a day enriching their minds. You can't fool a middle school student. If a teacher doesn't like them they have radar that can pick it up two doors down the hall.
I am thankful for my students because they make me think, laugh, research, and question every day. Today I was asked the top five players on a certain NBA team, to define accomplishments, and to explain why certain words are spelled the way they are when the word doesn't follow any rule. I had the privilege of standing with my students to sing"God Bless America" and get misty-eyed at a Veteran's Day assembly, help fix a hurt finger, and get a list of new songs I must add to my mp3 player. 
This week I explained why my mom is my hero because of surviving breast cancer and put a smile on a student's face when I told him he did the best in the class on his essay on heroes.Now where I ask you can you find such a variety of tasks each day in any other job? I am truly blessed and thankful I have a vocation I love.
