I do not ever want to be one of those people who writes a blog about nothing. I never want to end up writing, "I had a good week. Hope next week is good too!"...and that's all. But, I have been so preoccupied with school stuff that I when I sat down to write a blog, nothing profound came to mind. That is when I remembered my favorite teacher from high school who said, "When you can't think of what to write, just start writing and it will come to you." My English IV teacher from high school was amazing. In fact, amazing is an understatement. And, although I have always loved to read and write, I believe that this teacher changed my life, and the way that I see literature. She loved to teach and she was passionate about what she taught. I never had the opportunity to tell her what an amazing teacher she was; she retired the year I graduated.

My husband is a high school teacher and every now and then, a student will learn something that they think is amazing and they will say, "that's so cool, I'm gonna go home and tell my momma!" These moments of victory for my husband.

I realize now that regardless of what the school system says about a teacher and regardless of test scores, the true measure for a teacher is when they learn that they had an real affect on a student and they were able to transform that student into a life long learner.

I wish I had told Dr. MacArthur how amazing she was.