Teaching is like a potted plant. The care of the plant represents the act of teaching students: it is individual and based on the needs of the particular plant. The roots are the connections that you need to develop first, before any teaching can be done. As the year goes on, you can watch your students grow and develop, as a plant does. To make sure the plant is healthy, however, you need to monitor it and your actions; if the plant is not thriving, then you need to change your behaviour. The plant can also be a metaphor for your own journey as a teacher. Teachers are always growing, and they are constantly developing their practice. The roots are, then, the reasons why you became a teacher, but the monitoring is still your reflexiveness.