It thrills me to death when I see how mature, kind, and thoughtful my students can be. Often teenagers get a bad rap in the media and even by teachers. Here are some instances I can celebrate about the sweetness in my students recently.
1) They graded a short quick quiz for each other so that they could get immediate feedback before their four day weekend. When I looked at them I saw encouraging remarks to each other without my prompting. "Awesome" "Good Job" ":)"
2) They got me a birthday card (since they won't see me on Friday) and were all going to sign it in my 2nd block (SWEET class). The girl forgot it today but almost told me in tears she WOULD remember it Tuesday. I told her I was just so happy they thought of me!
3) A student from my first class moved to another school in our district. I told a guy in our class, who would talk with him each morning, that he moved and asked if he knew why. He told me, "No, I didn't really know much about him Ms. Hall but I figured since I was new this year and I could tell he was awkward and didn't have friends, I would try to be his friend." He said this so sincerely and in such an honest way. And that is a moment that just MELTED my heart!
4) My second block class realized after grading random classmates quizzes that they really didn't know everyone's name in their class. We had finished ten minutes early so they asked can they play a game to get to know everyone's name better. We played "Heads Up Seven Up." This let them "practice" saying people's name (or least they said it helped).
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