Teacher: Villain or Hero?

I moustache you to WRITE! 

Every morning in Miss Laura's classroom, we boot up our brains with a journal topic. Sometimes the journal topics are opinion based, sometimes they prompt creative writing, sometimes they are flat out hilarious and sometimes they simply require the response of a list of favorites. This morning the journal topic included a picture of myself...

THIS PICTURE:

The prompt requested that the students describe the above character, choosing a creative name for her (him? me!), what the character might do, say or like and maybe even what their story is- whether the character is a villain or a hero...

Well, the results were pretty funny; One of my students called me "The Mustache Villain" while another named me "Mrs. Dorkulous Mustache." However, my favorite journal entry was written as follows:

"The name of this character is Mrs. Moustache. The character's favorite thing is moustaches. She goes around the world giving sad people moustaches. Her phrase is "a moustache a day keeps the coldness away."

I laughed out loud when I read this entry and the author was so pleased to see that his writings evoked such emotion! I always get the best responses and stories from the most unexpected students. 

This is the kind of day-to-day stuff that keeps this moustache-loving teacher smiling! I love how my students know me so well- they are so loving- even when they try to act like they don't really care (gotta love middle schoolers)!

So, while some students decided I should be the villian, others pegged me as a hero. I hope that ALL of my students see me as the hero rather than the villain in their lives...If I can be their hero even in the smallest of ways, I consider that a job well done. 

Love, 

Miss Laura