39. I enjoy sharing my love of learning and my passion for certain topics
40. It goes beyond just teaching the material…it’s about making a personal connection with the students
41. I love sharing the excitement of a good book — when I introduce it and start talking about it with excitement, the students can’t wait for me to start reading; when it’s time to stop reading and begin our next lesson, they beg me to read “just a little more”
42. I also like seeing many of the cross-curricular connections students make
43. Watching the students grow year after year
44. Recruiting kids into my program
45. Being creative with the music
46. Transforming students from knowing nothing about how to play an instrument to being able to perform complicated (for them) music by the end of the year
47. Demonstrating the value of long-range planning to achieve crazy cool results
48. Guiding students to success, both individually and through group work, and marketing those successes
49. It’s something like a mix of game show host, stand up comedian, dad, vaudeville juggler, and sports play-by-play commentator
50. It has helped me to overcome my fear of public speaking; I’ve had students tell me that I should be an actor, preacher, and English teacher (I correct grammar frequently)