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So, I'm (32M) an English and Spanish teacher, and I thought I was being all responsible and organized grading papers before spring break. Big mistake.
Last Thursday, my 3rd-period class was knee-deep in The Great Gatsby. One of my students (15F) got pulled out of class by a math intern (23 or 24M) to help her friend (17M) with health stuff. She left her vocab worksheet on her desk. I decided to grade it later.
Here's where I messed up. I started grading, and I noticed some extra commentary in the margins. Turns out, my student had poured her heart out about her crushes. And not just any crushes, but Jay Gatsby and Nick Carraway. Yeah, the literary kind. She was even writing some intense love scenarios between them. Then she wrote about wanting to kiss a girl in her grade, even though her parents are strict about dating.
It was super personal. She clearly never meant for anyone to see it, especially not me. I gave her an A on the worksheet because it was otherwise fine. But now I'm freaking out.
Spring break is almost over, and I have no idea what to do. Do I pretend I didn't see anything? Do I give her the worksheet back and just ignore the margins? Do I burn it? I'm leaning towards the pretending option, but I feel like a massive creep for even reading it in the first place.
TL;DR: My student left her worksheet on her desk, I read her private crush confessions in the margins, and now I'm a mess of guilt and awkwardness.
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