by snarly | Feb 15, 2013 | Youth apologizes
Eight-year-old Jamie makes amends. Let’s see: Naming the apology-worthy act (“I threw a ball in your face”)? Check. Noting the impact of said act (“I feel bad that I hurt you”)? Check. Expression of remorse (“I’m...
by sumac | Feb 1, 2013 | Youth apologizes
Following the Tesco horse-meat-in-burgers apology, the Question of the Week on b3ta board was: “With Tesco taking out full page adverts to say sorry for selling us ponyburgers, now is the time for us all to say Sorry. Write a letter of apology to someone who deserves...
by snarly | Jan 14, 2013 | Youth apologizes
Unlike the calculating apology to the tooth fairy we ran a few weeks ago, this apology embraces its own crappiness. If you’re truly not sorry, and you don’t care about maintaining a relationship with the person you have OSTENSIBLY wronged (OSTENSIBLY!...
by snarly | Dec 17, 2012 | Youth apologizes
Do you get the feeling this child is apologizing only because she WANTS SOMETHING? I get that...
by sumac | Dec 3, 2012 | Youth apologizes
This is a brilliant note of apology. (The author is a fourth grader, obviously one of wide-ranging intellectual interests.) Dear: joanna Im sorry i ran around the class and did the can can. It’s just that Im exited to go to the Academy of Scince. Love:...
by snarly | Nov 30, 2012 | Artistic apologies, Other Apologies, Youth apologizes
From Forgive Me, I Meant to Do It: False Apology Poems by Gail Carson Levine, illustrated by Matthew Cordell, a whole book of insincere apology poems (based, of course, on the William Carlos Williams classic) for the 9- to 12-year-old set. Paired with Joyce...
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