Wagner+FE2

Dear fellow teachers,

I had a pretty interesting experience in Ms. Smith's class a couple of Tuesdays ago. There was some sort of issue relating to online bullying; one student said something about another student on the internet, and it was brought to Ms. Smith's attention before her first period. Ms. Smith left the room to go to the office where there was a conference about this problem being held. She told Mr. B, her fellow ELA teacher in the neighboring classroom, to tell her students to do their peer work. The students, as they came in, promptly started doing their partnered reading (they knew exactly what they were supposed to be doing for the class and needed no explanation) while I was left in the class awkwardly standing around.

I was not only impressed with how serious and prompt Ms. Smith was to responding to that issue, but I was also extremely impressed with how respectful the students were of me, Ms. Smith, their classwork, and Mr. B. Perhaps they would've been more off-task if there wasn't some big weird looking guy like me in the room with them, but I was still really pleased with how much the students respected all the aspects of their education.

Situations like this may not seem common, but they definitely will happen to us from time to time. Ms. Smith was a perfect model of a caring professional, which is something, in my opinion, that all teachers should be. It was also a very interesting and thrilling experience to be left alone with a group of students for the first time ever. It was.. fun!

Ta-ta!

Mr. Wagner