I kept L after class on Thursday to tell her, “You were great in class today. Thanks!” It’d been a pleasant surprise; she’d been an annoying whiner and lazy as all get-out for several weeks.
“Yeah, my mom said she’d get me some tickets to a concert if I bring my grades up.”
Friday morning before class I pulled her aside again. “I’m calling your mom after class today if you are as on task as you were yesterday. You’re weirding me out.”
L grinned; not two hours later, her mom sounded glad to hear from me.
