end of the year blues

Well, I am down to only 5 classes to teach until the school year is officially done, and summer vacation begins.  It makes me sad in some ways.  I'll love the time this summer to get my private lessons sorted out and my business organized and kicked up a notch, BUT, I know there are students who I won't see again.  I don't like it when they don't come back to our school, or they move up to middle school.  

I love how they pull the "teacher" inside me out and draw out a creativitiy that sometimes I wonder about.  It has been said that the best definition for creativity is being able to identify a problem and solve it.  The problems faced in a class room sometimes aren't so hard to identify, and a bit harder to solve.  Flexibility and the willingness to "punt" is a great asset!  When dealing with the amazing personalities I get to work with, the flexibility is where I learn how to be a better teacher, and often, person.