As a new teacher at Doull Primary School in Denver, Kyle Schwartz thought of a simple way to get to know her third graders, most of whom came from1families. She asked them to complete the2"I wish my teacher knew ..." and share something about themselves.
Their3answers gave the teacher a chance to understand her students' difficulties." I wish my teacher knew I have no pencils to do my homework,"4one child." I wish my teacher knew sometimes my reading homework is not signed(签名), because my mom is not5 lot," wrote another. Some shared hope for the6, "I wish my teacher knew that I want to go to college."
"Some notes are really heartbreaking," Schwartz tells ABC News. "I care 7about each of my students and I don't want them to be poor forever." She explains, "I hoped to know8I could better support them. So I9to let them tell me what I needed to know. That was why I created the fill-in-the-blank exercise."
10the third graders were allowed to answer anonymously(匿名地)，most wanted to include names. And some were even excited to read their notes out loud,11one shy girl who bravely said that she was lonely. "After she told the class,' I don't have friends to12me, I was worried what they would do," Schwartz tells US Weekly. "However, I felt encouraged to see how much support the other kids offered13.They invited her to play at break and sit with them at lunch. You see,14have an unusual ability to express sympathy(同情)."
"The results have been15," says Schwartz." It speaks to the importance of giving people a voice and really listening to them."
