Congratualtions M. B.!
Several weeks ago I promised my typing students a party if one of the following happened:
1. A student typed more than 100 adjusted words per minute.
2. Every student got a score higher than 60 awpm.
If you heard a din from the typing room today, that would have been cheers from the entire class when M.B., told me her typing score for the day, and it was 60!--with only one day left for typing. I felt a little sorry for MB the last while. When I announced the incentive, several had less than 60 awpm, but everyone was close. Then everyone else passed over the lower-end threshold and, in their efforts to be encouraging, M. B. had daily reminders from the other students that they hoped this would be the day. . . . She was very deserving of the encouragement and never has done anything to disappoint her classmates or me in any way.
The class was way too noisy with their celebration, but I didn't have the heart to throttle it back.
1. A student typed more than 100 adjusted words per minute.
2. Every student got a score higher than 60 awpm.
If you heard a din from the typing room today, that would have been cheers from the entire class when M.B., told me her typing score for the day, and it was 60!--with only one day left for typing. I felt a little sorry for MB the last while. When I announced the incentive, several had less than 60 awpm, but everyone was close. Then everyone else passed over the lower-end threshold and, in their efforts to be encouraging, M. B. had daily reminders from the other students that they hoped this would be the day. . . . She was very deserving of the encouragement and never has done anything to disappoint her classmates or me in any way.
The class was way too noisy with their celebration, but I didn't have the heart to throttle it back.
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