I looked at my wrist when the text message alert chimed.
Richard got a 92 on his exam and a 98 on his free verse, my sister wrote. Yay! This 6th grade ELA teacher was strangely relieved and even a little elated by the news that my 6th grade nephew did well on the ELA assignments I helped him with over the weekend.
But why? Just this morning I had a conversation with one of my own students about her assignment.
"Is it an A???" she asked urgently.
"Probably," I answered as I glanced at it, "but more importantly, what did you learn?"
"A lot!" she assured me. "So, is it an A?"
"We'll see, Franny," I told her.
Richard got a 92 on his exam and a 98 on his free verse, my sister wrote. Yay! This 6th grade ELA teacher was strangely relieved and even a little elated by the news that my 6th grade nephew did well on the ELA assignments I helped him with over the weekend.
But why? Just this morning I had a conversation with one of my own students about her assignment.
"Is it an A???" she asked urgently.
"Probably," I answered as I glanced at it, "but more importantly, what did you learn?"
"A lot!" she assured me. "So, is it an A?"
"We'll see, Franny," I told her.
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