Thursday, May 20, 2010

Thousand Words Thursday: "Broken Heart" Edition



Language Arts class was interrupted by three boys from our house, saying they needed to talk to me.  I stepped into the hallway. In a roundabout way, they explained that they had been "practicing a skit" in my room (alone) when they "accidentally bumped into" the wall, where I had a ceramic plaque hanging. They were very apologetic and sincere. I wasn't sure how to respond at first, because in my line of work (my usual line, with juvenile delinquents) I am so unfamiliar with students taking responsibility for their actions that I was at first taken aback!

We walked down to my room, where I found the broken plaque and a stack of apology notes. (So cute.) (Not sure why Mikey thought it was heart-shaped, but oh well.)  Then, I watched as four 12-year-old boys set about gluing (even mixing paint to match the color) the piece of artwork to make amends.

Kendall lovingly made the plaque for me a few years ago.  It doesn't look perfect anymore, but really, it is.




For the record, I removed my name from the plaque for this post (it's still on the actual plaque and looks fine :)

Thousand Words Thursday is a photo meme hosted by Jen, at Cheaper Than Therapy.

15 comments:

  1. BEAUTIFUL! Awwwwww! Mine is up for today but not as nice as yours, lol! (it's after the giveaway post)

    Gosh, this is such a sweet post!

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  2. Sad they broke it but encouraging that they took responsibility for it and tried to fix it.

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  3. You always have touching stories. The note is sweet.

    It's one reason I like to come here!

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  4. Wonderful evidence they are learning good life lessons from you.

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  5. How sweet is this? I can just see 'em scrambling to repair the broken heart. Awwwww!

    You have a terrific day sweetie!

    (is their skit any good???)

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  6. I'm with Matty you must have put the fear of god in this boys or they love and respect you ...I'm going with that one!

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  7. Aw... It's amazing how sometimes love is added to things that already have a lot of love in them! :) The parents of those boys hould be patted on the back!!!

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  8. You really might be the very best teacher ever. PS I also work with juvenile delinquents and I don't feel like seeing them tomorrow... can you do anything about that? Like send me a million dollars or something? Darn it.

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