an "up"

It was Erica, I think, who posted a few months ago on graduate school "ups" that one must hang on to during tough periods later on. I had one today. The director of undergraduate studies wrote me an e-mail about my SRTEs from the summer class I taught (numerical ratings of my teaching, knowledge of the material, making clear goals, emphasizing learning and not memorization, etc), which he had just received. He said, "These are outstanding scores, up there with the very best of our experienced faculty. Congratulations on a fabulous job!" :-O I was pretty floored. I thought I did a good job, but I never dreamed I would be rated way up there! It is nice to know that all the work I put into it came across to students. I'll definitely save this one to look at on rainy days! :-)