Job satisfaction.

Today

a high schooler with guitar- pick earrings,
a guy but very glitzy and such,
spoke to the middle school class
standing on the table talking to students,
doing a little speech
not really prepared
approached me later
and asked if he thought they got anything out of it,
I said most definitely
but explained why in a teacherly way
that doesnt really mean anything to self-critical young persons


later last hour of the day the middle schoolers were great listeners
and after the speech one of them expressed himself once everyone was gone,
walked up to the high school student.
said thanks for speaking to us it was greatly appreciated.

Then I went by choir room and gave this girl fake money for the school store

She thanked me twice; she was smiling when I left.