Once in a while in a long teaching career, there appears, with a crooked smile and a mischievous glint in the eye, a living reminder of why you became a teacher. These are the children who teach you more than you teach them. And they live in your stories and in your heart long after the echoes of their laughter have faded from the classroom. It is often said that everyone remembers one teacher who made a difference in his or her life. In this article, the author writes of the opposite experience: being a teacher whose life has been profoundly affected by one of her students.