Midterm Eval...dun, dun, dun.

"Here. Read these. I can't look," Jason declared as he handed me a stack of papers. He went on to explain that he had asked his students to do a mid-semester evaluation of him. He wanted the feedback but was not so confident about what they might say. I began to look through them, looking for positive ones to focus on and negative ones to downplay. But alas, there was no work for me to do. EVERY SINGLE ONE was positive. They scored him high in numerical ranking as well as left many positive comments. The summary is that it was highly unanimous that Jason has a good relationship with his class. They feel that he takes the time to explain things, is approachable and patient when asked questions, and goes the extra mile to help those that need a little more work. The one improvement that a number of students asked for was that he take a few more minutes at the beginning of class to lay a foundation for the group work to follow. And Jason being the wonderful teacher that he is, eagerly takes that feedback to heart and plans to adjust what he does accordingly. One student even commented, "Jason has achieved perfection." Now that might be stretching it a little but I am SOOOoooo proud of him! This just continues to give him the added confidence he needs and confirmation he desires that he has truly chosen the path that God was leading him toward, that he will love this profession and that he is gifted at it! Don't you all wish you had math teachers like him!? I know I do.