A recent email exchange with a new teacher went something like this:

Me: I always get too excitable and talk to fast. It’s a problem when it comes to books and collaboration, so my apologies for the verbal onslaught. 

Her: No, I loved it! I’m actually the same way, so it was very validating. Your excitement for learning is contagious!

Oxford Dictionary definition for excitable: “responding rather too readily to something new or stimulating; too easily excited.” Well, then call me excitable when a teacher walks into the library looking for books and ideas for collaboration.