There are crappy teaching days. And then there are days like today, when one of my students e-mailed me (paraphrased): "hi ms. green this is <>. i got suspended so i wont be in school until next Thursday but could you email me my Hangman.java file so I can work on it at home? im really starting to like java and applets and stuff."
Yes, sure, I can e-mail you your files (plus the handouts I gave in class), once I peel my jaw off my desk.
Then my 4:00 student came 30 minutes early so we had a nice long lesson, in which he demonstrated a totally new, relaxed left hand. He is suddenly playing double stops like nobody's business. Yessss!
And then my 4:30 student came in with lovely loose knees and when I showed her how the bow balances between her thumb and pinky, she drew the bow across the string and said, "Oh! More beautiful!"
Yeah. Teaching days really don't get any better than this.