TEACHER: Have you noticed that I seem to want to get your homework done even more than you do?
JOEY: Um…yeah.
TEACHER: Now just why would that be?
[The boy thinks for a second].
JOEY: Because you’re cooler than I am?
TEACHER: Now what in the world would that have to do with homework?
JOEY: I don’t know…
TEACHER: The truth is, Joey, I want you to be successful. Also, don’t you feel better about yourself when your homework is finished?
JOEY: Yeah, I do…
TEACHER: Well, that's it…plus I care about you, too. [Pause]. Now look, you’ve got 22 minutes to finish your work before school starts…that’s a lot of time.
JOEY: Well, Mr. Z, I’ve got lots of problems.
TEACHER: Yeah, you can say that again…
[The boy giggles and then returns to work].
[Fade to black].
8 comments:
Excellent. I think I have Joey's little brother, Timmy in my class this year.
I think that when I was a teacher the word I said most often was "focus"... should have had it tattooed on my forehead some days.
I'm sure Joey would have heard it a lot in my class :)
I'm sitting here amazed that you are at work an hour before school starts, working with a student. That's being one awesome teacher!
Don't we all friend.......don't we all........
Ha! Isn't this the truth, all the time? I wish it were another way, but alas, these are our angels!
It's good you've always got a Joey, life would get super boring without him!
I remember when all my problems were only math problems.
This one just makes me smile. Nuff said.
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