Professional children's performance poet! MA in Writing/Education and residencies at various schools. Books published by Bloomsbury. Blogging my poetry, students' work, and miscellanea. Blog posts not always child friendly. Viewing on mobile device can obscure intended layout of poems.
Sunday 15 October 2023
a student gives me a thank you letter
I was recently sorting out my book shelf when I came across a handwritten note, lodged in between two books. It was a thank you note from a student at a school I visited recently. As I recall, the pupil wrote the note at lunchtime and gave it to me in the afternoon. Reading the note again, I remember that Louisa-May was upset at having failed a test. In the note, she says thank you "for saying that I am smarter than the test I failed." I believe there is such truth in this. Whenever we 'fail' a test, it needs to be kept in mind that perhaps we are too smart for the test, rather than the test being too smart for us!!