Mondays are days of returning assignments and progress reports. What shocked me were not students getting angry about low scores, but AP students being ambivalent about grades. Like, no reaction at all. My classmates would have been at my throat with some of the scores these students received, but they kind of just took it. I'm not sure if that means that they were more mature, or just did not care.
The EL class also had a returned work kind of day as well. As well as their first assessment, a thinly (and I mean THINLY) veiled quiz. Or, should I say "concept review"... Yes, that was my brain child, and I'm not ashamed to say I was proud of it. We also had to catch a couple of students up on some assignments, which brings us to the title. I had pairs of kids coming to me to throw cotton balls and estimate and measure. I got the pleasure, and I really do mean pleasure, to show a student how to use a meter stick. Such a sweet boy, and he was so excited when he got it. The other student I tried to teach wasn't feeling it as much, mostly because I, myself, am not a sweet boy. This particular student prefers to learn from attractive males, which is her prerogative. Pretty much the opposite of me. Took me a long time to respect men. She would wait for her boyfriend to tell her what to do. She wouldn't really listen to me, and could have been language, but I feel like that's not entirely it. I also worry because she's been reticent to do her homework. Not such a good thing. I'm going to keep an eye out for her.
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