Every child needs a team
When I was little I had HORRIBLE handwriting. It was not cute. When I was in second grade my teacher sat me down to have a quick one on one chat. She didn't start out by telling me that I had awful handwriting and needed to fix it. She instead said that she had something that she wanted us to work on together. I don't remember her exact words but I do remember how she made me feel that day. She made me feel like we were a team, and that as a team we were going to work hard so that I could have neater, nicer handwriting. And it worked! I left that little student teacher conference so excited to work on my handwriting! Today I would like to think I have pretty nice handwriting. At least I hope I do, since I regularly teach small humans how to form their letters. The point of the story isn't about my handwriting. It's about a teacher who empowered a little girl to be better. It's about how she took the time to help me improve. I was a pretty smart kid in the secon