There was a student in my first period class I was rude to last Friday. I started off class today by apologizing to her. She was surprised and quickly forgave me saying, "It was no big deal." I told her that I was wrong and there was no excuse for my being rude to her. I thanked her for forgiving me and reminded the entire class that my goal is to 'Love, encourage, exhort, challenge and motivate all of my students relentlessly and unconditionally.' I told them that I was probably going to fail at this every day. But when I did, I want to be responsible and confess my mistake and ask for forgiveness. I think a great way to teach confession and forgiveness is through example.
Also, today I brought in donuts for 2 of my classes. They all are perfect on their linear functions test. They were very happy and grateful. Students kept telling me thank you throughout the period. I told them I was very proud of their amazing accomplishment. I reminded them that in November, 100% of them failed the test. Now, 100% of them earned 100% on the test!! Pretty cool!!
I have one student still left to pass. She was at school today and we went over the concepts on the test. She will pass it soon and I can't wait for that.
Day 96
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