This (last) week was rough, but today, there are two things that make me happy:
ONE:
This student’s bellwork response:
April 7: Write out as a script to a play the conversation in which Mr. Nathan Radley tells his neighbours about his shooting at the intruder in his garden. Decide who says what. Keep each person in character (include Miss Stephanie Crawford, Miss Maudie, and Atticus; you could also include lines for Miss Rachel and Mr. Avery too) How to punctuate dialogue
“get off my lawn”
“no”
“i will shoot you”
“ok im leaving”
TWO:
Another thing that I’d like to actually talk about more thoroughly in a future post is that, earlier this year, I lost a student. One of my freshmen was in a car accident, and he was killed. It was, as you can imagine, devastating.
His girlfriend is also a student of mine, one very much concerned with getting good grades. At least she was before her boyfriend was killed. After, she entered a depression and began failing classes.
I heard someone joking with her last week about her having a new boyfriend, and I had mixed feelings. On the one hand, he died in late October, so it’s been 6.5 months. On the other hand, he was my favorite student.
Today, I saw her in the hallway holding hands with her new boyfriend, and I couldn’t have been happier. He is one of the kindest, most caring students I have. He’s probably exactly what she needs. And in the past week, I’ve seen her make an effort again in regards to her grades. I’ve seen her smile. I’ve seen her laugh.
And I’m really happy for her.
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