From: Facebook
Subject: [infamous pupil who had a managed move from our school to another] sent you a message on Facebook...
xxxxxxx sent you a message.
(no subject)
"Hey Up Bet u Regret Me Not been In Ya Maths Class Cos Now Guess Wat.. At yyyyyyyyy Skwl i Gt 6a Weey!! Bye ( i aint rubish anymore"
I think the 'i Gt 6a Weey' is her saying she got a level 6a in maths at her new school. I hate to sound harsh but I don't actually believe her. It'd be great if she's suddenly discovered a love of maths but I'm just being realistic.
To be honest I'm impressed that she restrained herself from calling me a wanker at any point in the message. That represents genuine progress. And it was good use of the word 'regret'.
I actually feel sort of sorry for her. I only taught her for a month or two but the thing she seems to have learnt most from her maths lessons is that she's rubbish. It's stating the obvious but that's not something we'd be wanting her to get out of lessons. I'd hope that no teacher goes into a classroom with the intention of destroying their pupils' self-esteem, but it's one of those things that can happen when your concentrating on something else.
As I understand it the managed move for this girl didn't go according to plan and she'll be making a return to our school in September.
I've now changed the privacy settings on Facebook so only my friends can message me. I don't like the idea of hundreds of fourteen year olds bombarding me with txtspk abuse, though on the plus side I don't think I'd be able to decode it anyway.
2008-08-23 @ 13:15