Sweet Messages from Students

Before I went to McLaren Park to see Macbeth with two friends from a 1996-200? Shakespeare reading group, I got a call from a friend who's been active in the protest against the ACCJC saying things she didn't want to put into e-mail because I was protesting (in my quiet, ineffective way) against the mis-information the students had given out about an hour of attendance at a teach-in being worth a unit of credit.  At the time she called, I was in the process of entering grades into Easy Grade Pro to be sure I was giving attention to the students who need referral to Early Alert.  (One thing that occurs to me is that those who have weak reading skills need to change habits and become BIG readers after a lifetime of probably reading very little beyond assignments and probably not even assignments very thoroughly. They need to begin reading something that FASCINATES them, whatever that may be and even if that doesn't go beyond Dear Abby or the little blurbs like that of the homeless man who found a backpack with $40,000 and turned it into the police and is now the recipient of more than $90,000 because someone started a fund for HIM to reward him.)  Once back from the outing, I listened to phone messages from students completing an assignment about their interview appointments.  But I didn't begin the essays, which I probably won't return until Friday.  But here's a message from a student who thinks I a.  have  b.  will  c.  will have. 

Dear Mrs. Tina N. Martin,

Here is {her full name}, your ESL 140 student. 

Thanks for sending the link of the video and the song "The Rich".

And I'd like to give my apology to you for my example sentence that talked about: "I want the teacher......." yesterday. But, I meant that whom I mentioned in my sentence not to be you. Hopefully You haven't been angry at me, have you? Please forgive me!

Now, I'd like to share to you some links talking about a man called Nick Vujicic who I introduced to you and classmates in the morning and a link of a song that I love it. If you have extra time, please take a look and enjoy them.Please see links below.Thanks Tina! 

Thank you very much for your teaching and taking time to correct our papers even though weekend.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Have a good night!

Sincerely,

Your student,

{Full name}

The sentence she's referring to is one completing the sentence "I want the teacher to...," which she completed with "be more patient with us."  I wasn't at all offended, but I was concerned that maybe I was coming across as impatient when I answered questions, so I asked her.  I thought it was really sweet that she wanted to reassure me.  

Then I got this message from a student whose message about being absent from class I had responded to by giving her her homework assignment and saying that I hoped everything had gone well during her appointment.  I'm not quite sure what sh had in mind with "circumspect," but after five years of teaching overseas and thirty-one years of teaching at CCSF, I still appreciate turns of phrases like "My everything were ok." 

Hi Tina 

Good Morning ! Thank you so much Tina,you are not only a circumspect teacher but also are a best friend!

Yes , my everything were OK,  I'll do my homework tonight.

Thanks

LOVE

I hope that our everything are ok too.