An American teacher Kyle Schwartz has been sharing notes her students wrote with the hashtag #IWishMyTeacherKnew.She feels it's the simplest possible assignment, but it always teaches a huge lesson. Every year, Denver teacher Kyle Schwartz passes out Post-it notes to her third grade students and asks them to complete the sentence, "I wish my teacher knew ..."
Many of the students she teaches at Doull Elementary just wish they had something in common with her, that she knew soccer or video games.
But sometimes, their wishes bring tears to her eyes, and offer a glimpse of painful struggles in their young lives.
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There's a student who misses her father: "I haven't seen him in six years."
Another who wants to tell her she's lonely: "I don't have friend to play with me."
Still another who wants to explain why her reading log goes unsigned: "My mom is not around a lot."
And other who has big hopes for the future: "I want to go to college."
The assignment sprang from the kinds of conversations teachers have all the time, Schwartz said: "What do our students need?
Recently, Schwartz began to post some students' responses on Twitter using the hashtag #IWishMyTeacherKnew. It spread, as teachers around the country tried it with their own classrooms.
One student just wants more attention from the teacher.
Sometimes, they have a little fun: "I wish my teacher knew how to do a backflip."
Occasionally, students want to reassure their teachers that that they're doing a great job.
There's a lot for teachers to learn, too: "They are KIDS who deal with a lot as they grow up," one educator posted on Twitter.
There's a student who misses her father: "I haven't seen him in six years."
Another who wants to tell her she's lonely: "I don't have friend to play with me."
Still another who wants to explain why her reading log goes unsigned: "My mom is not around a lot."
And other who has big hopes for the future: "I want to go to college."
The assignment sprang from the kinds of conversations teachers have all the time, Schwartz said: "What do our students need?
Recently, Schwartz began to post some students' responses on Twitter using the hashtag #IWishMyTeacherKnew. It spread, as teachers around the country tried it with their own classrooms.
One student just wants more attention from the teacher.
Sometimes, they have a little fun: "I wish my teacher knew how to do a backflip."
Occasionally, students want to reassure their teachers that that they're doing a great job.
There's a lot for teachers to learn, too: "They are KIDS who deal with a lot as they grow up," one educator posted on Twitter.
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