Dear Class,
I write this in sadness. During my fourth period class, one or more of my students stole cookies that belonged to their classmates.
As you know, I reward students in my class generously when they do well: grab bag prizes, homework passes, raffle tickets, candy bars, Hershey's kisses, and homemade cookies. I do these things out of my own kindness and generosity. I do these things because I want to, not because I have to.
Today, my trust was horribly violated. I have spent the past two months believing in each of my students as honorable and decent human beings. I was proven wrong when cookies were stolen this morning.
The cookies were not only stolen from me--I spent four hours baking cookies last night--but from your fellow classmates.
From this point on, there will be no rewards in my classroom. Student of the Month has been discontinued. I will no longer give out candy or tickets from the jug.
Rewards will resume when I get an apology from the thief/thieves or whenever I begin to trust my classes again. I'm not sure which will happen first.
My apologies.
Ms. Gibson
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