Sorry I was staring at you...

Another 2nd period story.

Last Friday, December 7th, a student kept looking around the classroom (including looking at me) instead of doing his homework. So I told him to stop staring at me and do his work!

At the end of the period, he came up to me and offered me a pen saying,

"I'm sorry I was staring at you."

He was giving a peace offering for "staring" at me. This kid is so funny! I love him.

He also is extremely apologetic to a fault almost (which you wouldn't think is possible). For example, if I give him one negative mark for talking out of turn, he will bow his head and apologize and say something like, "You should give me two more red points because I talked out."

Another day, I noticed that his science binder was broken and almost useless, so I told him I was going to give him one. He said he couldn't possibly accept something from me. I told him to stop being ridiculous because I was going to give him a binder and that was the end of it. (To give you an idea of how broken his binder was, the binder rings wouldn't open unless both ends were pushed down at the same time. It wouldn't just snap open on its own. I don't know how he ever got anything in or out of it!) He was so gracious, but wouldn't stop saying he was so sorry for taking something of mine. I told him it was OKAY and he needed to move on and just treat this binder well.

He's such a good kid. :)

-Ms. Damron-