Teacher Things

In my ElEd program at BYU, they taught me the importance of recognizing the good things students did and then letting their parents know about it! I tried really hard to do that with my students, and would shoot their parents an email saying a quality I admired about their child.

It was received very well but I didn't think too much of it.

Fast forward to now, and I got my first text from Emi's art teacher saying "she's such a great friend to her classmates." I have felt SO proud of her all day. 

I had no idea that such a small gesture could make such a big impact.



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