"Something that shook me up"
The class was working on a group project and everything seemed to be going great. All of a sudden someone screamed and I thought something terrible had happened while I was working with one of the groups. My heart was pounding as I ran to see what happened and the student said, "someone stole my phone" with tears in her eyes. I was relieved to find out that no one was hurt. At first I was shocked that someone had stolen something out of our class but then reality set in and I realized it could have happened sooner. First of all we have a no cell phone in class policy therefore I didn't think that administration would authorize a search. Secondly four people had gone to the bathroom so the phone could have been far gone. The whole situation shook me up and caused me to be very frustrated. Of course the phone never showed up and I guess the next time I wont be shocked.
That is interesting. The students are often overly animated. I have had that experience where a student screams and when you check out the reason why, it's nothing! I don't understand why they do that. Each time it unnerves me because I always think something terrible has happened. I don't think it's something you can avoid being surprised by.
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