Thursday, March 25, 2010

Essay

I got a copy of my student's essay about me! You know, the one I posted about a while back where I got a rose and a certificate.

It was sweet and cracked me up at the same time! There were a few parts where I literally laughed out loud at some of the things he wrote - kids are so honest! If I didn't know exactly what he meant in some parts I don't know if I'd want my principal to read it! Haha! I'll put my comments in another color along the way.=)


BEST MANNERED TEACHER ESSAY
BY: JONATHAN HOCKLESS

The teacher I would like to nominate for the best mannered teacher award is my reading teacher Mrs. Coats. She is a 6th grade Reading/Social Studies teacher at Smith Elementary School in Forney, Texas. Her classroom is a fun-filled, relaxing environment. It feels like home. She brings a lot of fun and love for teaching into the classroom. She is kind, patient, and she makes learning fun. Here are the reasons I am nominating her for this award.  (I was very proud of his writing in this paragraph especially!)

She is a very kind and she does not yell unless we are not behaving at all. (LOL!) She likes us to have fun while we are learning. She likes to read all kinds of books and she is an excellent teacher. She is not rude and she does not ignore us when we raise our hands. She does not wait to offer her help with our work if we don’t understand it. 

She takes her time to help us if we do not understand what she is teaching. She is also very patient with us if we are talking too much. She does not mind if we talk a little as long as we do not get too loud. Sometimes she does not even teach the lesson and she just talks with us. (I know EXACTLY what day he's talking about because this does not happen often. I liked that it meant a lot to him, though). When she does things where we have to take notes she knows that some of us are slow when we write so she writes the notes on the board so it does not take forever to teach the lesson. (teehee)

She also makes reading novels fun by picking ones that are exciting and not boring. (They think I'm awesome because I picked Number the Stars...they don't realize its on my book list...=) She is considerate about things like our grades and asks us if we want the whole class to hear them. (He means when grades are due...I will tell them their grade, but they can come to my desk if they don't want the whole class to hear it). She is also considerate about what she picks when we read novels. She also is kind when we talk a lot; she just gives us a warning before she gives us a conduct mark. (I'm not a push-over, I promise=) That is why Mrs. Coats is my best mannered teacher. (So cute!)

Isn't it funny? I love it! :)

1 comment:

Beverly said...

Very cute! I'm sure you have a lot of patience for that "talking a lot" and we all know why!! haha
:)Thanks for sharing.