Chicken Soup for the Sick Teacher
While on the brink of wallowing and self-pity because I got sick when I'm in the most relaxed schedule I've had in six months, I decided to apply the emotional intelligence skill of creating positive emotions by going through the teacher evaluation done by my students for the past school year. Trust me, you read some hilarious ones in there. Take the next line for example. It started out okay, then I got scared. "You are my most respected teacher… I want to make you proud... I will kill for you... You are the wind beneath my wings." Good thing the last sentence was there. It made me realize that it really is just a joke. I thought I had an assassin under my command. There's this one that said: "You look like Thranduil in the movie the Hobbit!" I know I'm not that tall but a hobbit, really? Good thing Google told me Thranduil is an elf. Phew! There are also prophetic ones like "I consider you as a good mentor and someday I k...