About a month ago when school was still in session, I turned away from the demo table at the front of my room, and when I turned back, this was laying on the table.
(This was during homeroom before the “official” start of the school day, by the way.) I noticed two of my girls who chat with me often were nearby grinning. So, I opened the envelope, and this is what I found inside:
I have to be honest; I almost cried when I saw this. Making connections with students is so important to me, and I feel like it is something I do pretty well. However, when you get something like this – that show’s students understand you, too – it’s really special. We hadn’t talked about commercial space flight costs in class, but one of the students sending this researched it on her own. Plus, what a neat idea to help start my money to go to space fund.
Now, I need to think of a great way to keep this and incorporate it into a savings bank because I will get to space one day! How do you know when you’ve inspired your students or made personal connections with them?
That is awesome! I love it when my (formerly not-ever-going-to-read-a-book-on-my-own) students come up to me in the mornings eager to tell me what they read the night before!
Thanks! That must be an amazing feeling as well!