justplainbil

Just Plain Bill

Teacher Observations X

Did you ever write notes in school?

Did you ever pass notes in school? I know I did, and I usually got caught. What followed was usually having the teacher read the contents of the note, followed by laughter, and then having the teacher either sitting me in the corner (that reveals my generation), sending me to the office, or calling my mom – or all of the above. 

It’s now many years later and I am in the teacher’s role. Written below is a note I recently “obtained” in class, written on a post-it note, and exchanged between two nine-year old boys:

“Please fill out job test.

How hard is math for you?

A. I don’t understand anything!!!

B. Normal, it’s okay.

C. Easy.

D.I finish my math in one second.

Do you like speaking in front of many people?

A. I don’t like to talk at all.

B. If I have to.

C. I’m fine with it.

D.I would love to.

Are you brave?

A. I’m a coward

B. Some times

C. Mostly

D.Yea, I’m a daredevil!”

This is not at all what I expected when I intercepted the note last week. A job test? Kind of tame, and I chuckled after giving them my “stink eye.”