Can’t Wait

After the final exam, a student said something so touching that I almost cried.

“Finally the semester is over,” I said to her.

“No, I can’t wait to take that literature course with you next semester,” she responded. “I wish it started today because I love learning this stuff.”

Given that this student got 100% for every single assignment in this course, she doesn’t need to say these things to suck up to me.

I was that student who hated vacations because I loved being in class so much, too. I used to count days before the holidays ended and would badger professors for reading lists to go over during vacation time.