Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Green Shoots

For the first half of the year, Extra Giggly came to class late, texted her friends nonstop, and literally did no work. She gave no semblance of caring. She must have had some kind of religious awakening, or something, because she is now one of my most dedicated students. For the past five weeks, her work has been impeccable. She has attempted every single extra credit opportunity I've offered. I have been amazed, and delighted.

Today, we had some extra time at the end of class, and every interested student had the chance to see his or her current grade in my class. Extra Giggly flipped out upon finding out that her grade was not the highest in the class and begged for more extra credit work. She also asked what we would be learning next unit and if it had any connection to material she's learned in school before.

Wow. Just wow.

2 comments:

  1. awesome!

    I still want to come visit you at school one day... maybe talk about mitosis or sex or ... life ... or something. I didn't forget, i'm thinking that an april friday or monday would be perfect.!

    i haven't forgotten!

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  2. But of COURSE it has connections to what you've learned before! She has now uncovered the mystery of education.

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