Day 85
The school is quiet. The students have all left. It is the end of the last day of classes for the 2013-2014 school year. Traditionally, not many student show up for class on this day - it is "beach day" for the seniors. So I was a little surprised that among my 6 or 7 MFM2P students that were here today, was one who has missed a lot of school. And this student spent a good chunk of today at my desk working through math with me. Seriously working. Didn't go hang out with friends at lunch in order to finish the sheet we were working on. Beyond anything else today, I am immensely proud of this student. I got a lot of really lovely cards from grade 12 students today, which truly filled my heart, but my 2P kid who gave up half of the day to do math, that was the icing on the cake. This is why we are teachers.
Awesome!
ReplyDeleteYou mentioned before that you would never teach this again "traditionally". Would you teach other courses this way (senior or more academically rigorous)?
ReplyDeleteI think the applied/college stream in Ontario works really well for spiralling. The more academically rigorous courses are tougher to spiral well, but I will be trying to incorporate some of what I have learned through this MFM2P journey into my other courses.
ReplyDelete