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‘I wish my teacher knew…’ Teacher shocked by elementary students’ surprisingly honest notes

DENVER —  A third grade teacher in Denver decided to ask her students to tell her things that they wished she knew. Kyle Schwartz told ABC News, “As...
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DENVER —  A third grade teacher in Denver decided to ask her students to tell her things that they wished she knew.

Kyle Schwartz told ABC News, “As a new teacher, I struggled to understand the reality of my students’ lives and how to best support them. I just felt like there was something I didn’t know about my students.”

Her lesson plan allowed the children to remain anonymous if they wished, but many wanted to include their names.  Several of the students even decided to share their notes with the rest of the class.

Schwartz admits some of the notes are heartbreaking, but she wanted to share the experience with other teachers.  She started tweeting out the notes with the hashtag #IWishMyTeacherKnew.

Soon she was getting responses from schools all over the world, with honest, powerful messages:

Here are some of Kyle’s original notes:

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