Task: Question Answering
Input (English): Context: I guess teacher are more touchy feely than in my day - we had a message and newsletter Friday . The newsletter was fairly general . The message said Ryan was still a little shy , but they are working on getting him out of his shell , that he 's very smart and imaginative , and had so much " outside knowledge . ". 
Question: Why did the teacher write a message ?
Output (English): To let the parents know how Ryan was doing in class.