Today's story is one of pure success. There is an adorable third grader who struggles with writing and has come onto our radar of needing more help. In the case of our ocean essay he had been selected to be in a little group with me for some more one on one attention. Today the greatest thing happened. He finished his draft of his essay. I literally nearly died. We have worked so hard, I'm talking not even one paragraph in a day hard, so to finish his essay. Man, it was a godsend. The best part wasn't even my excitement. It was the smile on his face when he high five'd me. It was literally electric. I felt like this bonding experience between the two of us was literally monumental for him because he finished an essay! AN ESSAY...
It's things like this that make me realize how wonderful teaching is. Sure, later today in math one of our students yelled and cried at me and was generally disruptive. But it didn't matter, because I had completed such a break through. Sometimes even just one great moment can carry through all the not good. And that is what I will focus on.
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