An educational reward

Today was a rather unusual day. The parents of one of my advisees MS were on campus visiting her, and they took me out to lunch. This is the first time that I have had lunch with the parents of a student. The warmth and affection they showed me is perhaps the greatest reward an educator can get- because it is an acknowledgement of the responsibility we have to guide the young and create the future.

This has been an interesting year- rewarding on some fronts, disappointing and painful on some others, but always educational.