One of the students in my Year 11 English class is a pain. He has been since i first taught him in Year 8. He's actually a nice kid, but doesn't ever want to do any work and gets himself into trouble constantly. He does stupid things like start fights over haircuts with kids who will tear him to pieces.
I like him, but lots of teachers can't handle him in their classes. I hope that he makes it to the end of school.
Today it was exciting to be told that things are looking up for this student. As part of his hospitality training, the class entered a cupcake competition with 100s of other students at the top chef training school in the country. The one prize was a day working with the head pastry chef/trainer, worth $1000.
My student didn't win. However, his teacher asked what happened and found out he had made it into the top 6. The chef commented on the perfect presentation of his cupcake and his dedication to the preparation. After some discussion he gave the teacher his name and number and said the student should contact him and join one of his classes for the day - which was equal to first prize.
On hearing about this today, the whole staff room spontaneously cheered as we saw a ray of hope for a troublesome student. Any achievement at our school is celebrated - who knows how long it will be before it happens again?
It was just a cupcake.
But cupcakes do make us happy.
I like him, but lots of teachers can't handle him in their classes. I hope that he makes it to the end of school.
Today it was exciting to be told that things are looking up for this student. As part of his hospitality training, the class entered a cupcake competition with 100s of other students at the top chef training school in the country. The one prize was a day working with the head pastry chef/trainer, worth $1000.
My student didn't win. However, his teacher asked what happened and found out he had made it into the top 6. The chef commented on the perfect presentation of his cupcake and his dedication to the preparation. After some discussion he gave the teacher his name and number and said the student should contact him and join one of his classes for the day - which was equal to first prize.
On hearing about this today, the whole staff room spontaneously cheered as we saw a ray of hope for a troublesome student. Any achievement at our school is celebrated - who knows how long it will be before it happens again?
It was just a cupcake.
But cupcakes do make us happy.
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