A few months ago…
Two students walk into the room. One of them has a question. The other is evidently there for moral support.
The first student, who is in Precalculus, asks about an upcoming quiz. I point at the whiteboard. She turns to see a sketch of a unit circle — previous work from some students studying for the quiz. Her face lights up.
“Oh, I can do that in my sleep!” she says.
Her friend, who is in Algebra 2, looks at the monitor at the front of the room. The screen is still frozen from a lesson on synthetic division. The friend’s face lights up.
“Well, I can do that,” she says.
…just what a teacher wants to hear.