celestinelea:

I had my yearly review today. It did not go well. Oh- my lessons are great. My teaching style is great. I have such a way with the kids. They are learning so much. They are so excited about writing. They have come such a long way.

But.

Apparently I’ve received complaints because the students…

I wish I’d had an English teacher like you somewhere along the way. I had the red pen, run on hating, fragment catching, misspelled word grade knocking kind of teachers instead and didn’t think I could write at all until two professors in college said they like it. They liked what I’d written, and my heart did a flip flop of happiness inside my chest. The school my children go to has the online grade thing too. I never check it. I review the work they bring home weekly, but I don’t need to know up to the minute what grade are getting in their classes. I can wait for the quarter breaks. There is more to life than grades. There is Life. ~ Janean

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