Some letters tell me what works. Other letters tell me what doesn't. Writing a good paper takes more than a week. Still others tell me how to be. I'm glad that we have conferences with you because that made me get my act together.
Letters reveal what kids think is important.
They confirm for me again and again that sometimes, kids do know best. There are letters that change kids' lives. If I even do. The painstaking characters of the scrawl held the code that, when cracked, finally got this ninth grader the attention he needed. Those simple words told me that what looked like attitude when Scott didn't do his work was merely a need for more help.