Ugh. I spent the last week of Spring Break sick in bed. Chloe scarcely recognized her poor mother picking her up from school without her face and hair done. It was a sweatpants, Uggs, and messy (ok. ratchet) ponytail kind of week.
Anyway, I got this really sweet note from a former student that cheered me up and made me look forward to the week ahead back at school.
Hi Ms. Cardwell!
I hope you're doing well. I'm back at Mount Holyoke and in one of my classes we're reading The Bluest Eye. I told my professor that I'd read it before in middle school and he actually didn't believe me at first. This isn't the first time a teacher has been surprised at the books you assigned us; in high school I had to read Invisible Man for a class and the teacher was surprised that I had read it at The Storefront. Just so you know, I'm actually really glad you made us read those books. Even though I didn't appreciate it very much at the time, it is easier reading these books the second time around because the discussions we had at The Storefront start to come back to me.
Anyway, I got this really sweet note from a former student that cheered me up and made me look forward to the week ahead back at school.
Hi Ms. Cardwell!
I hope you're doing well. I'm back at Mount Holyoke and in one of my classes we're reading The Bluest Eye. I told my professor that I'd read it before in middle school and he actually didn't believe me at first. This isn't the first time a teacher has been surprised at the books you assigned us; in high school I had to read Invisible Man for a class and the teacher was surprised that I had read it at The Storefront. Just so you know, I'm actually really glad you made us read those books. Even though I didn't appreciate it very much at the time, it is easier reading these books the second time around because the discussions we had at The Storefront start to come back to me.
-H.
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