Our submitter, a teacher in North Carolina, received this from one of her students at the end of this year. I think my favorite part of this letter is the part that got erased — which, as far as I can make out, says, “I thought were kind of nice” and “P.S. I think you were nice sometimes.” Way to dial it back there, Faith.
no credit check loans 3rd grade and I kind of didn’t. Some of the worksheets were pretty hard. If I got to be better and good at math I probably would like 3rd grade more. How I liked you was a four-out of ten. Love, Faith” alt=”Dear Mrs. Benner, I kind of liked 3rd grade and I kind of didn’t. Some of the worksheets were pretty hard. If I got to be better and good at math I probably would like 3rd grade more. How I liked you was a four-out of ten. Love, Faith” src=”https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/491/18804535912_a974dc102e.jpg” width=”500″ height=”378″ />
Sure, she failed you, Mrs. B, but she signed it with love!
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35 responses so far ↓
#1
Belaani
Fix me a martini, Mr. Benner. Make it a double.
Jun 14, 2015 at 5:49 pm rating: 90
#2
Lita
Heh. Gotta love kids of that age.
Jun 15, 2015 at 1:51 am rating: 90
#3
Dane Zeller
Two out of ten on your note to your teacher, you little unappreciative tot. (I said “tot”.)
Love,
Dane
Jun 15, 2015 at 8:51 am rating: 90
#4
Pants Go Brown
Faith has a lot to learn math-wise because 4 out of 10 should really be expressed as 2 out of 5.
So hold yer head up high Mrs. Benner.
Jun 15, 2015 at 9:09 am rating: 90
#5
The Beast Among Us
She erased: “I thought you were kind of nice” and “I said that you were nice sometimes.”
She could have saved all that trouble with a note like this:
“Dear Mrs. Brenner,
Meh.
Love, Faith.”
Jun 15, 2015 at 9:42 am rating: 90
#6
Lil'
This brutal honesty reminds me of a Thanksgiving essay my son wrote for his first-grade teacher’s class. He wrote about how thankful he was for his kindergarten teacher because she was the best teacher in the whole wide world. The first grade teacher was a good sport and passed it on to his kindergarten teacher and the kindergarten wrote a letter to him telling him how much she loved teaching him. Awkward but adorable.
Jun 15, 2015 at 10:55 am rating: 90
#7
havingfitz
For young kids, sometimes it’s hard to reconcile the lessons on always being honest
with being tactful and polite. I had a really hard time with that. “You get mad
when I lie, but you also get mad when I tell the truth!” I don’t think Faith
was trying to be rude (even if to adults it come across this way), I think she was just trying to be honest and isn’t old enough yet to dial it back a notch. I know a couple of kids this age who are the same way: they are really great children but if you ask them their opinion they will give it to you no holds barred. It’s actually kind of endearing: at least you know where you stand with them.
Jun 15, 2015 at 11:27 am rating: 90
#7.3
havingfitz
Adults can be underhanded. You never know if someone is being nice to you because they like you or they’re just trying to get something out of you. If a kid thinks you look like you slept in a blender they’ll tell you so: I like that they don’t hold back at that age. In time they’ll learn to lie just like the rest of us, but in the meantime at least I know I’m getting honesty.
Jun 17, 2015 at 9:48 am rating: 90
#7.4
Rivkatheaspie
It’s nice when kids tell you that they like you a lot, because you know it’s true. As a preschool teacher, I experience their sincere sweetness a lot.
When adults compliment you on the other hand, it’s not always as sweet. I’ve been stabbed in the back by too many adults who were nice to my face.
Jun 19, 2015 at 8:58 pm rating: 90
#7.5
Kelcha
It’s even better when little kids try to be polite. I was getting ready for an interview one day, and I asked my mom and baby brother how I looked. I forget my mom’s answer, but the four year old said, “Well, you’re my sister and I love you, so I’ll say you look very pretty. Do you have a different dress?”
Jun 25, 2015 at 11:36 pm rating: 90
#8
YoTeach
I got a note that declared me the student’s “second favorite teacher.” Umm… thanks? Haha… kids and their honesty… so great.
Jun 16, 2015 at 10:06 am rating: 90
#9
Kasaba
I liked a teacher once. Then her estranged husband came to school and shot her in the head, and then shot himself in the head in front of a class of primary school kids.
Jun 16, 2015 at 11:25 am rating: 90
#10
JoDa
I have nothing intelligent to add. Just came here to say this apparent rising 4th grader (maybe, it sounds like) has better handwriting than me. And, like, 90% of the adults I know.
Jun 17, 2015 at 6:29 pm rating: 90
#11
Cecilia
Kids and their honesty …
Jun 19, 2015 at 12:50 pm rating: 90
#12
Jason Thorn
God bless the children. They have honesty down, but have to be TAUGHT guile.
Jul 9, 2015 at 11:37 am rating: 90
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