A Black educator is causing a splash on Twitter over one of her teaching methods for her elementary school students. The teacher, listed as Bonnie with @yafavoriteaunty as her handle, shared a common practice with her followers. Within two days, the initial tweet received more than 43,000 retweets and over 408,000 likes.
“One of my babies didn’t do his homework. No kid should be embarrassed because they lack knowledge,” wrote Ms. H, as Bonnie described herself in a separate tweet. “So I tell them to write me notes and I write back. No outbursts, no displays. So he gets credit just for turning it in and letting me know he’s struggling.”
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Ms.H’s Influence
One thing our new age educators are doing is changing the way we think about teaching students! Ms. H’s focus for her students seems to be on learning. Along with the tweet, she shared a partial photo of a student’s homework with the written note “Division is hard.” In red ink, Ms. H responded “I will help you!”
In a response tweet to the compliment “awww that’s awesome,” Bonnie explained where her inspiration stems from.
“I was the kid that got put on display for not knowing something,” she wrote. “It’s discouraging and embarrassing. I refuse to put my babies through that.”
A Wishlist Fulfilled
At the encouragement of users moved by her story, she shared a wish list for classroom items. She previously asked people not to send her money, but to purchase supplies for the students. Bonnie said she’s a inner city teacher who often funds supplies with her own pockets. Within hours, people online bought the list out.
“I am truly overwhelmed with the support and kind words from everyone,” Ms.H tweeted. “I just want to be the kind of teacher I wish I had growing up. I’ve been ugly crying the last 2 days,” she wrote on February 11.
As the initial tweet continued to receive attention, Bonnie gave insight on the visual aspect of her method.
“There seems to be some confusion here lol so I’ll clear it up,” Bonnie tweeted. “The check mark is his grade, nothing more or less. The 2/10 you see is today’s date lol. I do that on every paper so I know when I graded it.”
I’ve been reading everybody’s response today and I’m about to lose my shit 🥺 y’all don’t understand I left teaching back in October because I felt defeated and broken. Today I was reminded why I’m back in the classroom giving them what I desperately needed growing up
— Bonnie (@yafavoriteaunty) February 10, 2022
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