Yes, I am tardy with my Day 8, Friday, August 19th post. I went straight from teacher duty to mom duty yesterday, and didn’t get to my blog post (and I am a teacher that accepts late work ;-)).

Today I have decided to share a guarded secret…Teachers have favorite students! Any teacher who tells you she doesn’t, is lying…or you’re a parent of a student, who is not her favorite!

Don’t get me wrong. Teachers are perfectly able, and honestly do, teach all students with dedication, but it’s a lie to say that some students don’t capture our hearts more than others.

As teachers, we have favorite students for all kinds of reasons: the ones that make us laugh; the ones that work so hard and never give up; the ones that make us want to improve as teachers just to help them. The one common theme among favorite students is that they are NEVER our favorites because of the SUCK UP parent! There is a big, HUGE, neon line between being the friendly, thoughtful parent, and the kiss-ass, brown nosing parent that makes us groan when we see you coming!

So after a long, LOUD, week where most of my students spent their time protesting being back at school, I took the opportunity yesterday on my lunch break to check on a former student (and still a favorite) and it made my WHOLE DAY!