"Ms. S.?" a student asked this morning. "Can I talk to you outside?"
"Am I in trouble?" I replied, eyebrows higher than before.
She shook her head and I followed her into the hall.
"I wanted to talk to you about what happened last Thursday," she told me and paused.
I remembered what she meant. She and her writing partner had been off-task, and I reprimanded them for using their iPads for something other than they should have been. I nodded, and she continued.
"I think there was a misunderstanding," she began, and calmly laid out her side of the event.
Oh I told her my perspective, too, and after talking a little, and quickly came to a meeting of the minds, agreeing to communicate more clearly in the future.
"Hey listen," I said, "before we stepped back inside. "I want you to know that I wasn't mad before. I was willing to let it go."
She nodded.
"But your way was much better!" I continued.
"Am I in trouble?" I replied, eyebrows higher than before.
She shook her head and I followed her into the hall.
"I wanted to talk to you about what happened last Thursday," she told me and paused.
I remembered what she meant. She and her writing partner had been off-task, and I reprimanded them for using their iPads for something other than they should have been. I nodded, and she continued.
"I think there was a misunderstanding," she began, and calmly laid out her side of the event.
Oh I told her my perspective, too, and after talking a little, and quickly came to a meeting of the minds, agreeing to communicate more clearly in the future.
"Hey listen," I said, "before we stepped back inside. "I want you to know that I wasn't mad before. I was willing to let it go."
She nodded.
"But your way was much better!" I continued.
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