The chairman of the board, Mr. A, would lead these meetings and would get regular reports from the vice-chairman. Mr. B. The secretary who took the notes at these meetings was Mr. C, and the treasurer was Mr. D. Rounding out Grade Bunch, Inc. was Mr. F, the head of security at Marks Elementary.
Gre is thinking each of these individuals might be made of the letters.
“I can” rather than “I can’t” or “I don’t know.”
what about making this more metaphorical? My prasartner here, Gre, is worried that students might think that if you don't like something you should burn it down. What about a way to transform through words and ideas ?
All of its members were among the ashes of everything else in the school.
Maybe the climate caused the Grade Bunch to transform....and through a student initiated movement, turned the Grade Bunch into a Gradeless Bunch.
On the first day being in the makeshift trailers, the kids noticed that the sky was a sparkling blue and that the sun shined down as it had never shown before. The teachers seemed to be lighter and more relaxed — they had smiles for the children and walked around as if a great weight had been lifted from their shoulders. The children, too, were happy and began using phrases like “I can” rather than “I can’t” or “I don’t know.”
I wonder if this could be more student initiated. Instead of a FIRE, what if it is a school CLIMATE crisis (a climate of grades) that got so heated and competitive that it was killing happiness and joy of learning, student empowerment.