I showed my students their report cards yesterday in rough draft form so they could get a preview before they go home next week. I did say that "these are not final drafts and there still may be some changes"... but I missed one and put the wrong grades on one report card. As a teacher I don't want to be known as perfect but I should have caught this one before it went out even as a rough draft to students. Today is an inservice day so as I went over the report cards one final time before they get printed packed to go home Wednesday I found that I had given one of my best students some "less than exceptional" marks.
I made a phone call home and let her know her true grades and apologized for letting that mistake get by me. I didn't want her worried all weekend about her grades. Her response was:
"That's OK ... Thanks"
Something much bigger than that was suppose to happen but she kindly and graciously let my mistake go away. She probably won't ever mention it again and I will forget about it (except for this post) and we will both move on.
While I hope I am often the giver of grace and second chances, it feels good to receive grace and kindness as well. A lesson and a reminder to me....
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