"Tonight your homework page is called 'Peanut the Squirrel'. We talked about the difference between character traits and character feelings yesterday. You are going to read about Peanut and use the back to write some of his traits and feelings. For example, if Peanut lost his nuts, he would be sad or upset. If he got more nuts today, he would be happy and excited. Now, if Peanut was able to keep track of his nuts, he would be responsible. If Peanut kept track of his friend's nut, he would be trustworthy. Do you all understand what your homework is?"
How many of you found this explanation as inappropriate as I did? While these words were coming out of my mouth, all I could hope is that one of my students wouldn't pick up on the inappropriateness of my directions. If this had been last year's class, I wouldn't have ever thought about saying these particular words in this particular order, but this year, my class is so sweet that even if they did get it, they never brought it to my attention.
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