This is my fuel. This is why I teach. Sure, I won’t please everyone. Not everyone will appreciate or will be happy with the way I teach, but even if there’s one person in the class who thinks the time they spent in my class was worth it – that’s all the reason I need.
(All names removed from cards below)
This is what I got today from a student:
And a few others from a while back:
And a few more here.
This warms my heart. If and when I get tired, all I need to do is remember these times, these messages, these cards. That’s enough to energize me and put me back on track.
sqlbelle 
I teach martial arts so I know what you mean. The ‘AHA’ moment is awesome, especially if you helped them figure it out for themselves. now if I can just find enough patience with teaching people SQL 🙂
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>even if there’s one person in the class who thinks the time they spent in my class was worth it – that’s all the reason I need.
I can’t prevent my goal oriented personality from speaking up. One out of 20? Only 5% efficiency?? Everything less than 80% is underachievement! 🙂
PS. Sometimes numbers get me clicked 😉
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