“Teacher, teacher, watch me do this.”  I hear this comment multiple times in my teaching week, particularly on the playground.  As students think they have mastered a new skill, they want to share that with me.  It validates them in their minds.  It helps them stand out in the myriad of students outside and gain that prized teacher’s attention.  As we all do, these students want to matter and feel that have something special to contribute to school life. This need for validation seeps into adulthood as well.  I know I often have done things for the “show” factor.  I want people to see that I am smart or organized…