Top Ten Things Teaching Teaches Me...

10. If you mess up with a sharpie on laminated paper, all you have to do is use a dry erase marker and an eraser and it's MAGIC, I tell you.

9. I am a horrific speller. Chalk boards should come with spellcheck.

8. A visit to the nurse and a peppermint makes everyone feel better.

7. I think I am creating Dumbledore's Army by reading Harry Potter to these children.

6. You can't control everything in life.

5. Lunch is overrated, and chocolate goes a long way.

4. I really DO have eyes in the back of my head!

3. Adults are shaped while they are children.

2. Everyone wants to be loved.

1. We never stop learning.