It is
nearing the end of the school year and Jenna tells me she has to do some
research on Sir Isaac Newton for an upcoming report. She tells me that it has to be ten pages and has
to be turned in by Monday. Funny how I
didn’t question the report itself – though the amount of pages and deadline
threw me somewhat.
Generally
her teachers have sent out an outline of the things that the class will be
learning during the course of the year.
Usually they have worked an entire month on any given project. And ten pages is a lot for high school
students – let alone third graders. She
must have heard wrong.
I
asked her what teacher had given the assignment and type up an e-mail as I believe
that Jenna’s understanding is not correct.
Just as I finish and am about to press send, Jenna begs me not to.
“Why
not?” I ask.
“Because
it’s not a real assignment. I just made
it up. I’m interested in learning about
Sir Isaac Newton.”
I am
dumbfounded. Not only for her interest –
which might spell GEEK to some of her friends, but for her clever acting. She said she wished she had gotten someone
else, but that each child had to draw a name out of a container that her
teacher had passed around.
I love
that Jenna truly loves learning. She is
fascinated with non-fictional books.
Always has been. She loves to
read about Science and history and is ashamed of how different races have been
treated throughout the course of history and really would like to better our
world.
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