One of my former students sent a friend request to me and I accepted it. I was glad I did because she apologised to me for having been so bad in my class. It made me feel better a little somehow--even though I ended up not returning to that school.
She sent an email asking if I was OK and if I was having a good summer. I was finally going to answer because I finally recovered from a depression and frequent migraines as I recovered from the job. I just couldn't answer. It must have meant the whole world to here, because I finally went to answer a few days ago, I realized she had "unfriended" me on MySpace. That means I can't write to her because she has her profile set to private. It's OK. I'll manage to get over it somehow. I'll have a whole new crop of students next year--or maybe I wont. I don't know yet.
Thursday, August 14, 2008
MySpace Makes Me Sad Sometimes
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4 comments:
Miss D, You did it the right way. Don't feel bad. You needed the time to heal. If students can't wait, just know that you tried. I hope you have a new job and a wonderful year this year.
Linda aka Mystery Teacher
Hey, don't worry about some kid on MySpace. You should be looking forward to the big gig in a couple of weeks! Buck up, things will work out!
You could try friending her again yourself. When you request someone to be a friend, there is space for writing a short note. Maybe you could try to explain your situation to her in brief.
My younger friends have blocks where they don't take friend requests unless you can get a piece of key information from them. Hopefully that will keep them safe from predators.
This also applies to emails, so you can't send a reply unless they are a friend. They forgets sometimes that they have these safety features on when they write and you can't answer.
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