“How you climb up the mountain is just as important as how you get down the mountain. And so it is with life, which for many of us becomes one big gigantic test followed by one big gigantic lesson. In the end, it all comes down to one word: grace. It’s how you accept winning and losing, good luck and bad luck, the darkness and the light.”
–Philosophy’s “Amazing Grace”
My colleagues, Leana and Giselle, and their fifth graders did something that exuded grace on Tuesday afternoon. I simply had to blog about it today since I’ve never received something like this after inviting another class to a publishing party.
On Tuesday, after our Celebration was over, Leana and Giselle’s Class went back to their classroom and discussed the research-based, “This I Believe” Essays my students wrote about the Holocaust. Apparently, they had an interesting discussion and wanted to share additional feedback with my students. Hence, they created a card and every student included some thoughts about the students’ essays for me to read. This is what the card looked like, inside and out:
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