There is No Better Satisfaction....

So, today there was no bus confusion, I originally thought I had missed the bus, but it turned out that I had not, so my anxiety was short-lived.
Today, in tutoring, I worked with the same student and another student, Deshawn. They both needed help with math-YIKES-but, fortunately it was something I could handle. Malik was having more difficulty than Deshawn, they were translating word problems-more like sentences- and making them into workable problems. I taught him a new strategy, I had him box all of the key words, such as quotient, or subtracted, or added to, or twice, and had him write the sign the word pertained to above the box, so that it was easier for him to see where the actual problem was coming from. It was SUCH a joy to see him uderstanding the problems! There is absoutely no greater satisfaction as a teacher than seeing your student grow from confusion to understanding.
After we were done with his work, I started asking Malik and Deshawn questions about themselves to better understand where they were coming from. They both enjoy athletics, and they both want to go to UNC when they grow up! Malik then asked me what I wanted to be when I "grew up," and when I said I was not sure if I wanted to teach middle school or high school, he said he wanted me to teach middle school so I could teach him. That just put an immediate smile on my face, and I had to tell him that it was probably better if I taught high school then so I could catch up with him in twelfth grade. I love tutoring!