My First Day as a Classroom Volunteer

I explained to my 4th graders that it was my first day in the classroom as a science volunteer and asked them how they thought I felt.  After I received the answers "nervous" and "afraid," to which I truthfully responded "a little bit," a young student raised his hand and asked "Are you elated?"  I answered "why yes, kind of" as I thought to myself "hmm - at his age, I think I was was still monosyllabic..."