I got commended!

My school sends out commendations to people who are nominated for them by others in the community.  Somebody commended me and I got this note:

(My School) awards this commendation to (My Name) in recognition of active involvement in fostering the goals of (My School), June '08.  

Fancy calligraphy and an official seal.

I know, it's just a piece of paper, but it means there's somebody who appreciates my work!  

I love my job.

Oh the summer

The first summer after my first year teaching is sure nice.  I've been getting some errands done, cooking & baking, cleaning house, and starting to prepare for the fall.  I'm looking forward to getting my class lists for the fall.  I hope I get two great students in biology who I enjoyed teaching in math this year.  

About teaching biology and math, are there any other teachers out there who teach both?  I'm curious to find out.  It's a weird combination sometimes.  Biology is such a visual subject that is sometimes concrete and sometimes so abstract.  Math is not as visual (although geometry is!) and pretty abstract.  Sometimes I feel like I have two different teaching personalities, one as a math teacher and one as a bio teacher.