Yes this makes me Happy....Renewed Strength and Renewed Confidence

"What was the event this past week that most took me by surprise - an event where I saw or did something that shook me up, caught me off guard, gave me a jolt or made me unexpectedly happy?"

All in all, my week ended great. The start was shaky, but by the end of the week I felt a renewed strength to keep keeping on. Additionally, I realized that most of my third level students are actually very caring, mature, and understand the value of cognitive learning. As such, I am comfortable with most of them enrolling into the fourth level (internship). 
Since the start of school, I worried about their maturity level and determined that most would not be allowed to enroll into internship. Through observing their work and work ethic, I believed they could not make important connections without constant direction. Over the last few weeks, I've worked with them and worked with them and gave less and less direction yet asked more questions to get them thinking. 
After this week, I realized that they are actually mastering information and learning to analyze and make decisions based on information obtained. They are seeking less direction for an answer and are relying more and more on what they know. We are moving from a question-answer session to a dialogue session of great input and feedback. 
I am confidence that they can complete internship without my constant supervision or direction. 
It was also announced that I was nominated for Teacher of the Month. The nomination stated that I am caring and always go above and beyond for my students and colleagues. I do not look for recognition for anything that I do because all that I do, I do it from my heart. Nonetheless, the recognition was well received.