The First Weirdly Satisfying (if undeserved) Compliment

This entry will be brief, as I feel I have little say about it, other than, it gave me a little bit of awesome to hold onto in moments of doubt.

My Cooperating Teacher asked me if it was required that I attend Parent-Teacher Conferneces.

I said it was not required but that I wanted to interact with parents anyway as I'd like to get as much as I could out the placement.

A student, who was packing up his stuff after class said. "Mr. Smith, I want my parents to meet you."

"Why?" I asked.

"Because you're the only teacher I talk about."

Granted, I might be reading too much into that, but I still smiled at it.

If there is one great lesson I've learned in this observation, it is this: If the students want to talk to you... Listen to them.