The Best Quarter

When it comes to the best time of the year, ... there's Christmas and there's the Last Quarter.

This is the time of year when teaching and learning is fun! It's a time where you can look back on the accomplishments, while looking at the present and what still needs to be done. It brings about a sense of growing up. The kids who sit before me seem more mature, more wise, and definitely more use to my style. I've gotten to know each child fairly well, along with the chance to get to know parents and families. This is the time of year when you look out onto the group and smile - not because they're working diligently, but because they are your kids. After spending day after day with them, they grow on you. You know personalities frontwards and backwards.

While some teachers (and kids) choose to count down the days to summer, I feel that the days are numbered. I'm one step closer to starting all over again. A new set of students, a new set of parents, a new set of personalities, and a new set of quirks. A new back to school meeting where parents say, "We heard about you." For me the ending of year is just starting over again.

So for those parents reading this and those kids that might check in on the blog from time to time. We have about 9 weeks left - let's make the most of them.