Goodbye... :(

Today I said goodbye to all my students.....Tomorrow marks the beginning of a new semester, so I will have all new students. Basically, Beth and I swap classes. I will see a few familiar faces in class because students sometimes get switched around. Students are moved around at the end of the semester based on their Final Test scores. It was really sad to leave some of my students today. I've grown quite attached to some of my classes in particular, especially my middle school boys class. They were so much fun and worked so well together. They always kept class interesting. :)

After work today, Darren gave all the teachers our new schedules and new class lists. All of us stayed after to look at what students we would have and see which students were switched around. At the end of school today, I had only two classes left, and I was in kind of a "blah" mood. I was on break, listening to my iPod when Jessica Teacher came into the office. She's the new Korean teacher, and she's so awesome. I'm so glad we're desk buddies. :) Anyway, she asked me what was wrong, and I just told her I was in kind of a weird mood, but that I was okay. She said, "Can I show you something?" She pulled out a stack of surveys some students had just taken. (The students took surveys today at the beginning of every class. The surveys were evaluating each teacher and Darren.) Jessica had just given the survey to my favorite class, the middle school boys. She said, "I want to show you what they wrote about you." All the students had given me really high scores, and one of the students put all 5's (the best score) and even bubbled out in the margin to give me a 6 on something. :) That was exactly what I needed to snap out of my weird mood. My next class after break was THAT one, so it was really great to see the surveys beforehand.

Sometimes it's hard to tell how students feel about your class or how you teach. I knew that was MY favorite class, but I didn't know if they felt the same way...It was nice to see that they did. :)

I'm looking forward to tomorrow and hoping for the best!! I know the students are awesome, so I'm not worried. It'll take some time, but I'll get adjusted to my new students and learn a million new names. :)