I love to pick on my kids at school.  I never do anything mean (ok, maybe that snake video wasn't all that nice), and my favorite thing to do is sing.  I can set any phrase or command to a melody and then belt it out with my annoyingly nasal voice.  I think I can now say that I know the joy that parents of adolescents must feel when they have successfully driven their child crazy.  It's always good when a student lets me know that I'm successfully doing my job.  

While singing Happy Birthday to a student who was turning 18, another student turned to me and said:

"I used to think that my mom was the most annoying person I knew.  Then I met you."

That was one of the best compliments I had received all week.