Sometimes You Make A Difference

Here's an email I got the other day. It was a such a great thing to read on a Monday morning...

Subject: PLEASE READ THIS FAST PLEASE READ



Hey, remember me? Im vasiliy your (former) sixth grade student.



You thought (taught) me a lot of great things thanks for everything you did. I did not realized that when I was in your class. But now I did. I think your kids did not realize that now to. But some day they will. Middle school is not that hard. All you have do is your homework its 40 percent of your grade. And the rest of it is tests. They are really hard. You have to study a lot. I have straight As I’m 4.0 student all because of you. Let your kids read this message. Email me back when u are done.

I did email him back. I do remember him (it was just last year...). He was a nice kid who blurted out in class, but did get that under control. He was a former ELL student, and you can see from his email that he still has some trouble with the grammar. I'm glad a student can still be a 4.0 student who has challenges with English. And I did share my email with my class.