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Positives First, Teachers

Mighty yes, those horrible, awful statements and words said in a moment of anger hurt members of society. And phrases written down during a selfish frenzy stops the parent-teacher communication flow entirely. Our exceptionally bright teachers might already suspect that writing out powerfully spoken missives can make things a whole lot worse. If you’re an elementary teacher, you might as well take home your wonderfully-crafted by a 3rd-grader’s polka-dotted sow ear’s purse. If you write as much angry nastiness as you want on those little one’s report cards, you won’t have anything to put in that purse next month or the months after that month any way. Ms. Principal uses her sweetest voice here, while doing this part with a please. Why, Hello, Miss WriteALot! How are you today? No, you don’t have to finish math class, but you really can’t stay. We have brought temporary wretch who has never been in a classroom before, scared to death right here to your door. We call him Mr. Closed Mouth. He’s the best who interviewed by far. Informing our observant, vocally-ept, ready-to-sue-at-a-moment’s-notice parents, you’ll do no more. The school board is here, waiting for me to walk you to your car.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2018




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Date: 4/4/2018 5:56:00 PM
I saw a short film about a kid who literally keeled over and died on the school bus from a broken heart of never having one teacher or kid recognize him or say a positive thing to him. So sad.
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 4/4/2018 5:57:00 PM
Show that child to me, Andrea, and I can point out hundreds of others. We need orphanages, and counselors, and social workers, and we need to be able to take the little ones away to Treasure Island and let them grow up with imagination, and hope and love.

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