Ready to Go?

Who's ready for summer? Everyone.

There are very few moments of honesty between teachers and students than the ones that happen toward the end of the year. They know you pretty well, you know them, and over the year there is a bond that has been formed whether you wanted it to or not. You are all closer.

That's why when a group of my students were so wound up today that I had to redirect them during our discussion, they felt comfortable telling me that they really just couldn't take any more school today. It's Friday, and, according to them, they are ready to be finished. 

I didn't yell, scream, or fight them. All I said was, "me too." 

I'm ready for them to be at summer too. What to do then? Quit and let them run around? No. We shifted gears and changed the activity to something more active. We played charades with world leaders. We did taboo with content vocabulary. We watched a video about this history of Dallas and talked about it. It was way more fun for all of us and we made it through the class. 

All it took was a little honesty.

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