Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Straight to the Heart

This note was left on my desk today by a disruptive student from my science class...

Dear, Mrs. ritchie/best science teacher :)
Listen why i'm not paying attention is because my grandma died not to long ago, so i try to have as much fun as i can so i don't really think about her. But i promise i'll pay more attention in class. I'm very sorry.

P.S. I'm S'o sorry, and happy saint patricks day. :)

P.S. The table i yous't to sit at i couldn't push in my toat tray and it is so wabbely. :)


Honestly, I feel terrible and pretty bad for the kid--talk about a stab to the heart. But I think he needs to try to have fun elsewhere and start paying attention in class. I am a fun science teacher and we do awesome experiments. I want my students to have fun, but he needs to find his out at recess or lunch or somewhere else. Am I mean for saying that?
Oh, and the office lady told me that she died six months ago and he uses it as an excuse for everything. I get it, my grandma died too and it was sad and I struggled for a really long time. I will be nicer to the kid now that I know, but he better keep his promise and try harder to be better in class too. Wow, that sounds harsh. Don't judge, it's been a long week.

2 comments:

Unknown said...

My grandma died 2 1/2 years ago, so do I have to go to PTC tonight?

Lindsey said...

He needs to learn appropriate ways to deal with his grief. Disrupting class is not an appropriate way. Definitely be extra nice, it's a hard thing for anyone to deal with. But I think the expectations for his behavior should be the same. That's my opinion anyway = ).