Today I was thankful for seeing multiple different ways my students were thinking. First, a lab I had them working on was what I call a "thinky" lab. None of them gave up, lots asked me questions and thus accomplished what I hoped--they were thinking, making connections between the content. No one "got it" perfectly but I was glad to see them persist and keep trying. No one made any negative comments about being asked to think!
I was also thankful for the their thoughtful concern after I told them about my flat tire story from yesterday (the reason I did not write yesterday). The all listened intently to my story and were "upset" as was I that the cop who stopped left me there because he didn't believe my tire was really flat. It was fun to tell them about my adventure and what was funny was some of them I think really realized I was a real person when I told them a teared up a bit.
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