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As a new teacher at Doull Primary School in
Denver, Kyle Schwartz thought of a simple way to get to know her third graders,
most of whom came from1families. She asked
them to complete the2"I wish my
teacher knew ..." and share something about themselves.
Their3answers
gave the teacher a chance to understand her students' difficulties." I
wish my teacher knew I have no pencils to do my homework,"4one child."
I wish my teacher knew sometimes my reading homework is not signed(签名),
because my mom is not5 lot," wrote another. Some shared hope for
the6, "I wish my
teacher knew that I want to go to college."
"Some notes are really heartbreaking,"
Schwartz tells ABC News. "I care 7about each of my
students and I don't want them to be poor forever." She explains, "I
hoped to know8I could better support
them. So I9to let them
tell me what I needed to know. That was why I created the fill-in-the-blank
exercise."
10the third graders were
allowed to answer anonymously(匿名地)，most wanted
to include names. And some were even excited to read their notes out loud,11one shy
girl who bravely said that she was lonely. "After she told the class,' I
don't have friends to12me, I was worried what
they would do," Schwartz tells US Weekly. "However, I felt encouraged
to see how much support the other kids offered13.They invited her to play at break and sit with
them at lunch. You see,14have an unusual
ability to express sympathy(同情)."
"The results have been15," says
Schwartz." It speaks to the importance of giving people a voice and really
listening to them."
