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May 01, 2006
Goal Achieved!
Thursday something happened that has never happened since I have been at Norwayne. I have always told my classes that if they ever make a 93 average as a class on a Vocabulary Test I would bring in cheeseburgers. For the first six years I have been here, this HAD never happened. Thursday my homeroom ended that long drought by scoring a 93.55 average on our test for Unit 12. All 28 kids were present. What a great accomplishment. A little hard work with some hard earned self-confidence seemed to do the job. They worked together to study together and to motivate one another and they defiantly deserve a burger feast. Be looking for some pictures from our lunch later this week.
Today was a difficult day for me. It is so hard to sit back when young people make bad decisions. Somehow or another some kids miss the idea that the decisions they are making today will affect their future in bigger ways than they can believe. As a teacher, days like this are the most difficult.
Progress Reports go home Tuesday. Be looking to see what is good and what needs improvement. This nine weeks goes by so fast, waiting until the last minute is a terrible idea.
Posted by hlperson at May 1, 2006 09:03 PM
Comments
That was the first time I've ever studied and I actually passed.
Posted by: Kenneth S-K at May 2, 2006 06:19 PM
Mr. Person I studied extremely hard for that
vocab test,and I am so excited that I made a
92 on it,and so are my parents.So break the cheeseburgers because, I'm ready for them.
Posted by: Carrie at May 4, 2006 04:38 PM
Yeah! Great job to your first class! Thats wonderfull. Well I did great on my progress reports, hope everyone else did. Sorry you had a bad day.:( :( Be happy. :) :)
Posted by: Courtney D. at May 5, 2006 10:37 AM
I studied extremely hard for the vocab test. I'm sad because my class didn't get a 92.5 average, but next time it could happen for us, but until next time I'm going to study hard for the next one, and have a good understanding about it so I can help the class get a 92.5 average.
Posted by: Bobby Cox at May 5, 2006 10:38 AM
My mom went on the website she loved it. She said when I get home she wants me to help her post a comment on the website.
Posted by: Bobby Cox at May 5, 2006 10:54 AM
I was so happy when you told us we the first class to make an 93 average on a vocabulary test as a class.
Posted by: Erica at May 7, 2006 09:05 AM
I just wanted to say thank you for the burgers and hope you liked buying the bugers because that day is sure to come back anytime!!!!
Posted by: Erica at May 10, 2006 08:17 PM
Well I guess I'm just hateing but y'all still did good and won just by luck!!!!!
Posted by: Lashada W. at May 10, 2006 09:55 PM
I just wanted to say that in the groups that we did today they helped me understand the topic better.
Posted by: Erica at May 25, 2006 11:14 PM