Friday, May 17, 2013
Thursday, May 9, 2013
Life is . . .
I just realized that I haven't posted anything since October. The time has flown and I cannot even to describe how much has happened. I am now officially teaching 5th - 8th grade ELA on the southside of Chicago. I am working at a relatively small magnet school, and it has been a challenging year - to say the least. For a while I was writing some of the craziness down in a journal, but I haven't been consistent with it. The things that have happened definitely need to be remembered.
This week has been interesting (to say the least):
Dear Ms. Forster,
I am sorry for disrespecting you. I didn't mean to. I was irritated and annoyed. I didn't mean to yell at you. If you don't forgive me, I understand. I don't like being yelled at either. No one told me to write this to you. I just figured that since I yelled at you, I should apologize. I am really sorry this time.
Mind you, this young lady and I do not have a pleasant history. She has already served multiple days of In-School-Suspension for yelling at me and has NEVER ONCE apologized. I am pretty sure her note to me was a direct result of me standing up for her today. I think she finally realized that I cared about her.
Slowly, one-by-one, they are starting to come around.
This week has been interesting (to say the least):
Dear Ms. Forster,
I am sorry for disrespecting you. I didn't mean to. I was irritated and annoyed. I didn't mean to yell at you. If you don't forgive me, I understand. I don't like being yelled at either. No one told me to write this to you. I just figured that since I yelled at you, I should apologize. I am really sorry this time.
Mind you, this young lady and I do not have a pleasant history. She has already served multiple days of In-School-Suspension for yelling at me and has NEVER ONCE apologized. I am pretty sure her note to me was a direct result of me standing up for her today. I think she finally realized that I cared about her.
Slowly, one-by-one, they are starting to come around.
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