Oh the places you'll go..........

This is a message that I got on my Myspace from the 10 year old daughter of one of my co-workers.

"...anatomy is pretty fun and interesting.
im really looking forward for u to be my teacher for college"

Breanna spent a couple of days hanging out with her mother and I at work during Spring Break. She's INCREDIBLY bright for a 10 year old and actually reminds me a lot of me when I was her age. One day while she was there we were chatting and she asked me what I wanted to do when I grow up (hehe). I told her I wanted to teach Anatomy. Her response: "Anatomy?! Like the body and stuff?" And from there our conversation just rolled on. I was teaching her little bytes of A&P. i.e. How blood flows through the heart, Ratchet theory of muscle contraction, nerve conduction, etc etc. All my favorite little tidbits of anatomy - simplified a bit but really not all that much. We talked about the stomach and what happens with different weight loss surgery (Her mother has the lap band and is about to get a "sleeve"(?)). She was getting it...I could see the lights were on and somebody was home and she was having fun and enjoying what I was telling her. I felt more at home and in my "zone" than I have in months! Earlier that day she told me her least favorite subject in school was Science. At the end of our conversation I pointed out to her that all of what we'd been discussing was science. She was really excited and said she wished I was her teacher right now. I told her to look me up when she gets ready to go to college and to add me on Myspace so we could keep in touch. That's when I got the message.

So Breanna...I can't wait to teach you again when you get to college. And I can't wait to see all you dream of now become possibilities and opportunities for your future. Oh the places you'll go.......