I always love Back to School Night.

And last night’s was no exception.

We met Katherine’s first grade teacher who is a man, who shares my literacy beliefs, who plays tags with the kids during recess and who believes young children need to move around a lot in the classroom.

We met Caroline’s fourth grade teacher whose enthusiasm for learning, school and our children was like nothing I have ever seen. She actually cried when she talked about how much she loves her job and it didn’t seem hokey.

Now really, it doesn’t get much better than that.

Except when I read Katherine’s writing posted below: