You know you have arrived when...

1. Your neice runs to you for a hug the minute she sees you.
2. Your nephew wants to hang out with you in the bicycle section, trying out each bike for just the right fit.
3. Your students give you cards, a photo collage, and such for a directorial debut...
4. Your cast and crew all stand and applaud you at a awards banquet, bringing you to tears....
5. A student who has been a "classroom management" issue finally "gets it" and says he has the paper you have requested from him 6 classes ago... YES!!!
6. Have students say they love you!

But the number one reason you know you have arrived?
There is a teacher, who is a mentor of mine, who has an awesome laugh that stands out in a crowd. The students call it the Mackle Cackle. Well one student informed me that I also have a laugh that stands out over a crowd...I never knew...and the students call it the "Higgle Giggle" or the "Higgy Gig"!!!!
I think this is MOST EXCELLENT!

This Is It

"I'm Starting With The Man In The Mirror
I'm Asking Him To Change His Ways
And No Message Could HaveBeen Any Clearer
If You Wanna Make The World A Better Place
Take A Look At Yourself And Then Make A Change"
~Michael Jackson

Such a wonderful docmentary and it really got me thinking...
If we really want to make the world a better place in which to live...it all starts right here...right now...inside you.

Is there something you can do to make your world a better place?

The definition of the word NORDIC:

A person being from the Nordic countries, the northwestern European countries of Scandinavia (Norway, Sweden, Denmark), as well as Iceland and Finland.

-OR-

If you are of Nordic race: "a physical type characterized by tall stature, long head, light skin and hair, and light-colored eyes"

And I believe they all wear these types of helmets in NORDIC countries...

Or maybe it is just large busty women who sing operatic high notes...

Usually accompanied with long blonde braids...

Rest in peace, my dear fellow thespian.

May you find sweet peace from all of Earth's toils and may God wrap you in precious slumber. You have fought the hard fight and can now rest in sweet peace, free from pain and hurt.

We love you, Matty Kamprath!