Seeing former students is great

I was out shopping yesterday and I ran into a former student of mine. She's working part time at Target and was very excited to see me. She graduated two years ago and has been attending East-West University but has been accepted to DePaul University where she plans on studying history and wants to become a history teacher. She said, "you inspired me".Maybe it was a bit of an exaggeration on her part but it made my day. I absolutely love hearing from former students.

Several from last year have e-mailed me about their freshman year in college. They all commented on how hard it is but thanked me for helping them prepare. It makes me feel good to know that I have made at least a little bit of a difference.We're about halfway through our November break. I'm starting to get the "oh crap I need to prepare" bug. I do have a lot of work to do to get ready for the 2nd trimester, especially the major research project my US History kids are going to do, but I'm going to try and take a few more days and simply relax. I do still have a few books I want to read...