On her way out the door a student said to me, "Oh yeah, Ms. Nolan -- Connor said that you were really hell-bent on getting him to talk in class -- he wanted me to tell you that he didn't talk because he was too worried people wouldn't like him, he figured if he didn't talk, at least people wouldn't be able to make a judgment one way or the other."
Connor is a former student, who is dating a current student of mine. She reported this to me on her way out the door today, after she told me about the social progress she was making with him...i.e. he actually went to a movie with some of her friends!
I was stunned for two reasons, 1.) She said hell-bent -- I don't know why this word stuck out to me, I hadn't heard it in a while and wasn't expecting a 13 year old to use it. 2.) My former student actually feeling this way.
Students carry so much around every day, sometimes I'm amazed that they learn anything. If I had to go back to my teens, I don't know if I would make it in this day and age. I give them a lot of credit...it's like I always say...it's more about getting them through these years than it is anything else.
Connor is a former student, who is dating a current student of mine. She reported this to me on her way out the door today, after she told me about the social progress she was making with him...i.e. he actually went to a movie with some of her friends!
I was stunned for two reasons, 1.) She said hell-bent -- I don't know why this word stuck out to me, I hadn't heard it in a while and wasn't expecting a 13 year old to use it. 2.) My former student actually feeling this way.
Students carry so much around every day, sometimes I'm amazed that they learn anything. If I had to go back to my teens, I don't know if I would make it in this day and age. I give them a lot of credit...it's like I always say...it's more about getting them through these years than it is anything else.
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