Most schools were more like Mantua Elementary in Fairfax County, Va., where the county requires a one-time class lesson on stress -- and how to deal with it -- for every sixth grader.
But Mr. Agostino had an idea with more lasting value, more of a capital improvement than a one-time class project.
– Elementary – Math – One-time Class – $5.
You Decide: Act as a juror for a civil case – Middle – Social Studies – One-time Class – $12.
One time, the class ended and everyone was still lying on their mats, or just making their way out.
One time in class this year, someone was acting up, and when the teacher said sit down, the boy said, 'It's because I'm black, isn't it?' I thought, no, it's not because you're black; that's stupid.
One time in class, we were given crayons and a picture of a tree to color.
One time, in French class, one of the boys asked how to say "pimple" in French.
"One time I was in class and in so much pain, the teacher let me go lie down on the heater in the back of the classroom," she recalled.
"You are only enrolled in my class because you performed poorly on the standardized testing (FSA)," he allegedly told his class at one time.
Dewan and DeWitte actually hail from the same MIT PhD class and at one time considered working together on a startup.
