In Disappointment

Class has never gone so well. My students answer when they're supposed to -- but NOT without raising their hands first, their insights are surprisingly deep, etc. I am Top Teacher and I see him at the observer's chair smiling, approving, taking down little notes that no doubt praise my excellent classroom management skills.

But things start to change. Students start coming and going, cell phones ring, answers go wrong. I try to control things and bring them back to the way they were but it's too late. My professor, my crush who is observing, frowns and shakes his head in disappointment.