What Teachers Like

Teachers like

peace and cleanliness

and lots of pictures and volunteers

and hatching eggs

and curiosity and democracy

and sorting and stacking

and shapes and colors

and organizing and classifying and reading aloud

and questioning and answers

and recycling

and inspiring

and Fridays

and the sound of children

and progress

and contributing

and a child with a book

and quiet

and laughter

and doing seven things at once (doing them well)

and being allowed to say, "I don't know"

and smiles and unexpected hugs

and sitting in a circle

and learning from children

and listening

and pizza occasions

and glue bottles at work

and teamwork

and being surprised

and seeing former students

and the sanctity of children's wonder

and kids to like them