A Little Info Is Nice

I got to go to one of my favorite schools today for a second grade class. The kids were mostly good, and the day was pretty simple. The class switches rooms with another second grade halfway through the day, so I actually had two classes.

The one slight blip in the day was a particular student who was pretty rude to me. Even after a lovely speech I gave on politeness and respect, the student was still acting rudely. I was pretty frustrated. Shortly after this though, while at recess, I learned a bit more about the student's background and the reasons for this behavior. And also, that this was something they were working on. Wow, would it have been helpful to know this from the start! It did make the latter part of the morning go a little bit better though.