Back to school

Ever since I've grown up, I wished to return back to school and re-live my childhood and enjoy the fun days.
During my schooling years, I wasn't the brightest ones in class and the major stress factor for me was to perform better and better with each passing year, and due to this aim/ goal/ attitude or ambition of mine, I forgot to enjoy and have fun! I just have very few memories of good times at school. Hence, like every grown up person, I always longed to get back to school and this time have fun without being too ambitious about academics.
...and now I am back to school., but this time I am on the other side of the table.. I returned as a teacher- a special educator (though I call myself as an educational counselor). Everyday I get 2-3 classes to interact with and what I've observed is that students don't actually have a forum to talk about themselves and their feelings, emotions and thoughts.., they are not able to talk to their parents as they think parents will get upset and hence, thinking about the consequences they will face, they tend to take a step backwards instead of moving forward. And on the other hand, they do not approach their teachers, thinking about how teachers would react.
So, finally I decided to introduce myself in an informal way and asked them to talk about their own self and their ambitions(which were mostly based on what their parents wanted them to become!)
While interacting with the kids, I realized how much eager they were to talk about self and how happy they were to express themselves. I always wished to give the opportunity to the my students which I never got and I was successful at it! I wanted to instill a sense of confidence in them which I lacked during my school days. More than anything, with this experience, I got a lot of satisfaction during the entire interaction of going back to school and bringing the change which I always wanted to bring about!