DifferenceMaker

This is Teacher Appreciation Week. Shout it from the rooftops!

Yeah. RIGHT.

We had a fabulous luau-themed lunch from the PTSA yesterday. No really. It was FABULOUS. Today we got memo paper with our names on it and little keychain flashlights from the union. But the icing on the cake was the "emergency" staff meeting...with the grand finale of the student-produced video of pictures of various staff members with voice-over commentary. The commentary said things like, "Because of you, I know how to do Algebra" or "Because of you, I know the scientific method."

I couldn't help but laugh.

Of course, that was after our special teacher pin gifts. They are dime-sized apple pins with the word DifferenceMaker written in "gold" across the center.

Is it wrong if the first thing I think is that difference maker is a TWO WORD adjective phrase? And the second thing I think is how excited are the students about learning algebra and the scientific method? Are those differencemaker subjects??

Note to self: 20 more instruction days 'til I'm free.