Then, one girl showed me her paper and she had decided to be on The Hunger Games.
Because it has games in the title, it must be a game show I suppose.
But it gets better.
Another girl said Yes, that's it. I would like to be on The Hunger Games too. And she started ferociously writing her paper.
It took everything I had, all my willpower, to just give up and nod along. I have a feeling they've never read The Hunger Games.
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Speaking of school, a student compared me to Miss Honey in Matilda.
There's no greater compliment. I also admit that this is one of the students who I had to help adjust to the rigors of 4th grade. The fact that the kid still likes me means a lot and tells me I did my job well.
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This is the PIT. The Learning Pit. I told my students we're going to be focusing on the pit for the rest of the year because if they're not down in the pit, they're not learning. It's an amazing representation of how we ALL learn, actually.
You're going along, all happy, and you realize there's something new to learn and you fall in. You're confused, you struggle, you need help. You, with the help of your prior knowledge (that backpack) and your peers, make it out the other side. It's a process.
One kid made the observation of Hey, the side you come out on is higher than the side you started on because you learned!
And I made sure I emphasized the part that we would all (me included) be throwing ourselves into the pit for the rest of the school year because if we're not in the pit, we're not learning. Trust me. You want to be in the pit.
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