a twinge of regret

I'm going to be letting my kids down when I go, and there's no assuaging it. Next year, every Mississippi public school has to offer AP for its core subject areas, and I know there isn't anyone at my school remotely qualified to teach AP Biology but me. The only students who could handle it would be Biology students I taught this year, and I have over ten in mind already. They're a bright bunch. I've laid the foundation. If noone followed up on it, what a waste!

But beyond potential, my students aren't expecting me to go. I got a surprise visit from two of my girls this evening as I was making dinner. They were curious about where I lived and what I did outside of school and about my guitar and what I cooked. As they left, one of the girls said, "You was really glad to see us, wasn't you, Ms. Chang?" I was. And you know, they came to see me on their own time, on the weekend. I take that as a compliment.