A Colorado teacher who posted notes from her third grade class online and started a social media whirlwind under the hashtag #IWishMyTeacherKnew said the assignment had been a revelation for her.
Kyle Schwartz, 26, asked the 8- and 9-year-olds at her Denver inner city school to write down something they wished she knew about them, partly as a writing exercise, and partly as a way for her to learn about her pupils.
Responses included "I don't have pencils at home to do my homework," and "I want to go to college," to one tear-jerker from a girl who said she had no friends to play with at recess.
When the teacher shared some of the notes on Twitter, similar messages and pictures came pouring in from other schools worldwide.
Schwartz, a self-described suburban girl who has taught at southwest Denver's Doull Elementary for three years, said
