[MOSAIC] A new problem

[ljackson]

Well given the math when you figure that a former eight grade student is now
the mother of a current eighth grade student.. With only 15 years in the
middle...you are not so old, Bill.

Lori


On 9/23/07 8:23 PM, "Bill Roberts" <krober15 at tampabay.rr.com> wrote:

> Makes you wonder how on earth these kids will survive life--they will
>> be so easy to manipulate.   They are unprepared to think, to defend their
>> thinking, to ground it in text and experience or to accept that questions
>> can have more than one potential answer.
>> 
> 
> I still have 160 days left to change that.
> 
> In the past 2 weeks, I've had students from previous years come by to visit.
> One said her visit was expressly to thank me for opening her eyes to the
> real world.  she regaled me with stories of museums and places she went to
> over the past few years and how much she appreciated me for helping to show
> her how to appreciate those things.  She is going to Europe next year, and
> just wanted to stop by to say, "Thank you."
> 
> Another was walking in the hallway after picking her little sister up after
> school.  We passed in the hallway and I heard a voice behind me calling,
> "Mr. Roberts!  Mr. Roberts!"  When I turned, she told me her name and said I
> probably didn't remember her since it's been 4 years, but she said as soon
> as she saw me she wanted to be sure and thank me for preparing her for high
> school and for life.  She said my class was one of the hardest she ever had,
> but "it was all worth it."
> 
> I was just surprised to see 2 students almost back to back saying the same
> thing, and, needless to say, it made my day both times.  Maybe there is
> still hope for them....and for me...
> 
> Of course, this week I had open house and met one of my parents who proudly
> exclaimed that I taught her when she was in 8th grade some 15 years
> ago.....boy, did that make me feel old.......
> 
> Bill 
> 
> 
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Lori Jackson
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Todd County School District
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Mission SD  57555
 
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