Today has been a bit rough. The least favorite part of my job is the rampant standardized assessment. I see my students work so hard and get beat down continually. It's frustrating.
So I'm thinking back to a particularly good moment from last week.
The word "folks" came up in the book we were reading, and my 6th graders were unfamiliar with it. I took some time to explain the word, citing synonyms such as family, relatives, next-of-kin, and added that your folks are the people you would call if you got in trouble. I asked my students to think of an example of the "folks" in their lives.
And one said, "You're my folks."
That, my friends, is why I teach. They are my folks, too. And unfortunately, that kind of thing is difficult to measure on a standardized test.
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