One of my favorites :)

DG has become one of my favorite students. The first memory I have of DG is one day when he was sick at the beginning of the year. His seat was in the first row by the wall. He raised his hand to ask a question about an assignment. I slowly walked over to him as he sniffled and blew his nose. There was a bubble of germs floating around him. I thought, oh man - this kid is going to get me sick...I have to touch his journal and grade his snotty paper! ahh! As soon as he was enlightened, I ran back to my desk and loaded on the hand sanitizer. I brought it back and gave some to the 3 students sitting around DG. I had hoped he would stay home the next day - I couldn't afford to get sick!

There has never been another day when I wished DG would've stayed home. Just seeing him everyday puts a smile on my face. He is an excellent student and always does his work. I'm going to have to check in with him to make sure he has big plans after graduation this year.

Today he was the Hulk. Even though he was painted green and had on a ripped t-shirt, DG is not very "hulkish" in appearance. He's got a Hulk of a heart though. Yesterday he was writing cute little sticky notes and posting them on students. He wrote me a "great teacher" one with the condition "this gets me a 100%." You'll have to work a little harder next quarter for a 100% DG... :)