Joyas is a boy in one of my form III classes. When I first
started teaching here he consistently scored between 10% and 20% percent on all
of his math assignments (lower than the average for sure, but he was not alone
in these scores). But no matter what he
scored he would come and find me after class, point proudly to the parts he got
correct, and ask to go over the parts he missed. He has been coming for help after almost
every class. When midterms came around I
knew he had been studying for weeks. I had
told the students that is they scored 70% or higher they would get a pen (a
lofty goal and a coveted prize, keep in mind).
Joyas scored a 76%. There have
been few times in my life when I have seen a smile as big as the one he had
when I handed him his exam and pen. It is
moments like that which make me realize how much I am going to miss teaching
here.
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