Nicest Compliment

[TonyB06]

I study Taekwondo with my oldest daughter.

Recently, she earned her yellow belt. (Our instructor held a special belt ceremony for her because I had an unavoidable work commitment on the day he originally was to have the ceremony for students earning a new ranking.) He began her belt ceremony by ...thanking me. For taking the time to do it with her, being out there as a parent on the floor/mat with her and not just as a spectator.

It affected me because a) he took the time to accomodate my schedule so I could be there for it, and b) it meant a lot for him to have a parent actually on the floor with their child.


...of course none of this stops this dude from dropping me as we spar/train, but that's another matter.

[Little32]

Catching up with an old friend the other day and he compared me to the Dos Equus commercial guy, you know "The most interesting man in the world." lol.

[1stSoon2BePhD]

Originally Posted by Little32

I just received a lovely email from a student thanking me for all of my hard work and for the course.

ME TOO!

I just got this email a few days ago (this was in response to a mass email I sent my students about completing their online course evaluations)



"I already did mine! I want to thank you for being a great TA. It has been a great semester, and is it weird to say I looked forward to Chemistry lab every week? I'll see you next week, and you'll probably be hearing from me in the next few days about the lab report.

Thanks again,
*Student*"

The "I looked forward to Chemistry lab every week" is what REALLY got to me! Thanks, Little32, for making this thread!

[Little32]

^^Affirmations from the students are lovely and sometimes all too rare.