article_snippet.sent: The assignment sprang from the kinds of conversations teachers have all the time, Schwartz said: "What do our students need?
article_snippet.sent: Schwartz always gives Schwartz students the option to write her students names on her students notes or remain anonymous; of sharing her students only with Schwartz, or with the entire class.
article_snippet.sent: It surprises Schwartz how often students stand up and want to read students wishes out loud, like the shy student who shared,
article_snippet.sent: "students feel respected, students feel safe enough to share some of these more sensitive ones," said Schwartz, who has been teaching for three years.
article_snippet.sent: Kids can share what Kids feel comfortable with.
article_snippet.sent: Schwartz said Schwartz's learned not to assume what Schwartz students wish.
article_snippet.sent: Although most of the students at Schwartz school live in poverty, not every message is about a material need.
article_snippet.sent: There's no pressure to share something they're not ready to talk about, Schwartz said, and "they're acutely aware of they own needs.
article_snippet.sent: Through assignments like this, Schwartz is, too.