Later that morning, I taught my developmental writing course at the local community college. I have to admit that I wasn't very excited about this class when we started in September. But it has become one of my favorite groups of students, and one of my favorite classes to teach. Yesterday my students were performing group presentations on grammar principles. I sat, pleasantly surprised, as I listened to group after group present their assigned topics: past participial phrases, dangling modifiers, adverbials, appositives, and relative clauses. Pleasantly surprised because they actually had fairly firm grasps of these topics. Pretty pleased with myself already, my heart almost burst when one of my students came up to me after class and said, "I never thought I'd be able to explain how to identify a relative clause. But I can! I feel pretty smart, Mrs. Bishop." Coming from a developmental student, that was a huge admission.
To top off my great day, I received the following e-mail from a senior faculty member:
This shouldn't be a postscript, but I want to let you know that I received your folder of sample graded work and I'm very impressed
by the quality of your comments.
I especially like the way you build criticism into a framework of praise.
You're doing a great job.
It was a great $4 day!
3 comments:
What a great day!! Wow! Bask in it, my friend.
Kudos on your congratulations for being a great instructor! That is awesome that you were recognized -- both by your students and a senior faculty member.
I hope your good day last week stretched into your weekend... :)
Hi Miss Andrea,
I came up with a good f word for you. Fourth of July.
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Nate
Tell Zach I said hi and that he should check his emails.
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