A new wave of understanding

I experienced a new teacher emotion yesterday. Plowing through a frustrating week of difficult children I came to parent's night extremely exhausted yesterday. However, despite the low numbers of attendees it became immediately evident that there are a group of incredibly caring parents who are a thousand times more exhausted than I am trying to reach these children. I met one woman who just gained guardianship of one of my boys, and as I left the building at 8pm I saw her waiting on the corner for the bus. Here was a woman still in her work clothing who showed up just to meet half of her boy's teachers. Some make more sacrifices than I will ever make. Some don't care at all. It makes a world of difference.