In fact, some kids are really quite sweet. Personality wise at least. 
At my school, we do rotations for 5th and 6th grade. That means that like the middle schools, I only teach certain subjects. I teach my own homeroom class math, writing, and literature. Still a lot, but at least I don’t have to do science, history, music, or PE. In addition to my homeroom class, I teach all 3 fifth grade classes reading (grammar and reading strategies). After wrapping up my second reading class and sending my own class out to lunch, I sat down at my desk to find a sealed note titled:
A Private Letter
To: Miss Chen
From: A thankful student
My first reaction was “Huh?” and “Shoot, what’s wrong now?” (before I saw the “thankful student” part). Upon opening it, I found a neatly typed letter with a colorful computer generated background, entitled “A Spectacular Teacher”. THAT got my attention - “Who’s this person talking about?” In it, it said the following:
In the fifth grade, I met a great teacher who showed me the way to listen and understand. She loved her students and cared about their education. She never gave up, and taught them to stand, as strong as they could, as brave as they were, she kept teaching and teaching and teaching. And today although only almost 2 months have past, we now are silent in class. Thanks to the brave teacher, who knew we could reach her, she now is a legend to me and you. Thank you Miss Chen, i love you too!
- A private letter from,
<insert student name>
Granted, I’m still kind of wondering “Is she talking about me??” All I did was show them a simple game to keep them quiet, but apparently according to her homeroom teacher Susie, she wrote a lovely paragraph about me in her journal too, saying reading class was her favorite part of the day. (^_^) Yay, that’s my teaching moment of the week - and I think it tops the farting.