This year, I got valentines.
Now, this might not seem like much, but part of the bargain that is choosing secondary education is the tacit agreement that you will likely never receive a Valentine, Christmas gift, or birthday gift. I am not saying it never happens. I am sure it does. But I have been in education for 20 years and can count on one hand the number of times I have gotten a holiday gift.
Until this year!
And I got Valentines!
Let me be clear: this is not a complaint. It is just the way of things. Little kiddos give teachers gifts while older ones do not.
But what makes this even more amazing is that I got these cards from students on a day I was not even in their building. I am at this particular school on Tuesdays, and Valentines Day was Wednesday.
But a handful of kids remembered me, remembered my name, made me a valentine, and dropped it off for me to get on the following Tuesday.
And that is something.
