I was observed recently by the teacher who taught my current 3/4 class. I got this nice email from her after the visit:
Ben,
It was a great pleasure to see your class today. I just want to congratulate you on taking the students to that level. You don’t have the vision I have, seeing them as freshmen who came into ALHS without a word of French and now they are talking, responding and communicating from the heart. It gave me great pleasure to see you and them having so much fun in class, but what I really enjoyed was their comfort in expressing themselves and to see how far they have come.
I want you to know that you are indeed giving them a great gift and you need to sit back, smile and be happy with what you are teaching them.
Felicitations!
Jane