My job was to make classroom observations and encourage a training program that would enable students to feel good about themselves and take charge of their lives. Donna was one of the volunteer teachers who participated in this 1 .
One day, I entered Donna’s classroom, took a seat in the back of the room and 2 . All the students were working on a task. The student next to me was filling her page with “I Can’ts.” “I can’t kick the soccer ball.” “I can’t get Debbie to like me.” Her page was half full and she showed no 3 of stopping. I walked down the row and found everybody was writing sentences, describing things they couldn’t do.