Rookie Mistake
on October 31, 2019
at 5:00 am
Teacher Notes:
I knew… I KNEW I should not have opened the email. I had sent out friendly reminder emails earlier in the day, asking parents to pay special attention to their students’ grades because they were in danger of failing. I had hoped the email was a “thank you,” for letting me know. Nope. It was the student’s “side of the story.”
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So I went to bed frustrated and with an upset stomach. I couldn’t wait to get to school the next day and pull a Paul Harvey. Someone was about to get the REST of the story.
It all turned out well in the end, a simple misunderstanding and the student is back on track with a good relationship between us. Still, as my good friend Mr. Copeland says, “Dude! Rookie mistake!”
Sleep tight,
Mr. Z