Yesterday I was a substitute teacher for a second grade class. I like to play at being a teacher because that was my original career choice. My plan was to teach at the kindergarten level. Of course, I was so young and inexperienced that I thought I would actually get to make that choice when I got a job. As it went, I got side tracked when my sister got married. I wanted to buy her a nice gift with my own money and got a job as a dental assistant. I really liked the professional atmosphere and changed schools so that I could become a dental hygienist instead. The term “Life Coach” hadn’t even been invented yet. When I applied for my sub certificate, it took about seven months to get all the approvals and documents. I went through the motions for the express purpose of discovering what it would have been like to be an early childhood educator instead of a dental health educator. I found out that there are similarities. Both populations have to be engaged, motivated, coddled, and respected. Seeing that sign in the classroom reminded me of how many things we learn as children and forget as adults. Let us all embrace and embody those second grade words. Let our actions reveal that we have truly absorbed their meaning.