Teachers Are My Heroes

Today's was just an average morning drive on the freeway when my attention was captured by a bumper sticker on the car ahead of me. There were many bumper stickers (all positive, Earth protecting, socially aware, the stuff we feel good about) on the back of this car, but there was one, strategically placed in the middle, just under the license plate. That sticker read, "Teachers Are My Heroes".

I know this doesn't have anything to do with classroom management/ discipline, or maybe it does. It just seemed overwhelmingly important to talk about. So what types of students think heroic thoughts about teachers? In the end, maybe the most challenged ones reflect on us and see us as their heroes. I would have driven up next to that car with all of the bumper stickers and rolled down my window and risked being perceived as a manic stalker and asked the driver about his motivation for purchasing and posting that sticker, but that wouldn't have been responsible driving.

That's it for now, super heroes!

Stef