End of the Semester

It was a strange feeling in class today knowing that I had to tie up all loose ends, that I wouldn't be able to say "next time." I had to get everything done today in their last class, including prepare them for the final exam. I was a little sad letting them all go at the end of the hour. I had several students stick around just to say thank you. Other students asked for my phone number, which I didn't give out. I've heard of other teachers giving out their number to students, only to get strange calls at odd hours. No thanks. Email is better for that kind of thing. I did appreciate all the thanks and goodbyes and I'll miss you's. Some of them wanted to know what classes I'll be teaching next semester, and when I said I probably won't have my schedule for another two weeks, they looked utterly disappointed. I'm going to go ahead and assume it's because they want to enroll in my class, not avoid it.

Teacher evaluations. When I taught a course in undergrad, I took all of the comments and criticisms to heart. My students here didn't really give me anything to work with. Half of them rated me highest on every single item on the survey. Some of the comments include the following:
"LOVE LOVE LOVE teacher"
"I love you teacher"
"Teacher I love you a lot"
"Very very very good teacher"
and the somewhat creepy, "We'll never learn alone."

So to summarize my performance review: I'm awesome and adored and we'll never learn alone. I can live with that. I can't wait to see what my other classes will come up with tomorrow.