Perhaps the single most uplifting thing in my life right now is the opportunity to teach other students. As soon as I walk into a room to lecture a class of 50 students, I can’t help but smile, laugh, and try and get them all excited about math. It’s the only time when I can truly be myself:
Equal parts silliness, wit, and sarcasm.
Oh, and topped with a garnish of sadism.
Today after the class one of the students walked up to me.
“I’ll see you next week”, I said.
She peered curiously at me for a second, the nodded emphatically.
“Do you know who you remind me of?”, she asked out of the blue, “Dr. House. You know, from the TV show?
I raised an eyebrow. “I remind you of a cranky, depressed medical doctor hopped up on Vicodin?”
“The way you teach the class. The constant sarcasm. The fact you absolutely love to see other people squirm. That silly smirk you always have on your face when you ask a question.”
I simply grinned.