The Note

After a really hard week with difficult parents and kids, not to mention being hormonal, I finally caught a little bit of a break. There was a situation about getting planners signed by parents each night. A mother of one of my students heard that I was being a little harassed by some of the parents and wrote me the following note:

" I'm signing both the planner and the reading minutes because I think you're doing a great job and teaching my son about responsibility and getting things signed is teaching him to finally take care of his crap! AND that if he forgets, he can't enjoy the fun life! You're doing a great job and I think parents need to grow up! It's your classroom and you're the teacher and they're not! Keep up the good job! Love Jen. PS I think you have the hardest job in the world and how you give up your time every day to teach my son and a bunch of children how to be responsible is crazy amazing. Please don't ever change!"

I know that is not much, but for any of you who have kids going to school who are reading this...that made my day 100% better. I photocopied it and put it in my "Good Feelings" folder in my filing cabinet (yes I have a folder full of those things...many teachers do).

So keep in mind that sometimes people are having a tough time and one little thing that you say or one note that you decide to write can really make a difference.