Dear Ms. Jackson,
I thought it would be boring at first, but it ended up being fun and unboring.
- Jack Reilly
I received this note from Jack, a seventh grader, whose class I visited last Thursday. It was a drop in the bucket kind of *day, forty minute classes of quick writing and improvisational theater games with kids I'd never met. But I gotta say, we definitely jumped in the river for those forty minutes. There's that river again. Some kids weren't sure if they even wanted to jump in with me; slightly manic, stand-up comic-ky woman who's nuts about writing and speaking up for yourself...But jump they did.
I remember Jack. His hair hung over one eye a little. The moment he sat down he wore a look that said, "Go ahead, try to make me like this."
Unboring? What more could I ask for?...
* See "Call Me Bubbles"
You're right - What more could you ask for?
ReplyDeleteSuch a simple comment that most teachers would dismiss (and freak out about the improper grammer - OMG!) but it was a real, honest reaction in his own words. And that's what's matters.
I echo Jack's compliment...you are very unboring, and so is your work!