If only all our kids had teachers like this.
I read that in WaPo yesterday. It is the feel good story of the week - loved, loved, loved it!
Any links to a login that’s not requiring a login?
WaPo allows registered users to access a limited number of articles each month (10?). You have to register, but you don’t have to pay for that limited access.
Nice read, thanks for sharing. Kudos to MM for having the courage to share with her classes and make positive changes to young adults. Definitely a beautiful woman.
Am I allowed to C&P it here? If so, I’ll do it for y’all.
No, that would be a copyright violation and you could get in trouble for violating TOS.
@VaBluebird but maybe you could give a summary?
If you paste the link into an “incognito” window (at least that’s what Chrome calls it), you can read the entire post. I’m sure other browsers have private browsing options, too.
Basically a teacher tells her students about a time where she received a very mean, humiliating Valentine’s Day card that told her she was “the ugliest girl in the room”. Many kids already knew the content and were watching for her reaction. Now she has each and every (older than in the story) student make a small note for every kid in the class, and they must find something positive to say about the person.
When I was teaching school, I had students that would absolutely have refused to do it or would still have managed a way to be nasty. Not many, but at least one or two in every class.
I use Chrome and don’t know how to do what you are describing.
@Nrdsb4 , first copy the link, the go to the end of the Chrome search bar and click on the 3 vertical dots, then click ‘New Incognito Window’ and past the link there.
And thanks @patsmom !
My son’s first grade teacher had all her students write compliments to the other kids in the class. Then she copied them on a big poster board for each student. She used lots of different colored markers and added flourishes. I got a plastic holder and kept that poster for many years. It’s probably still in the basement somewhere, actually. That exercise meant the works to all those kids!
Wow, never knew about the 3 dots thing. Thanks!
My kids were born cynics. They hated these types of exercises.
@Nrdsb4 you can also “long press” on the link and Open in Incognito Window is an option (in Chrome, at least)
As a side note, on my Mac I have a little red circle with a white arrow pointing up at the end of the search bar instead of the three dots - but does the same thing!