I really shouldn’t dread grading so much because it always ends up making me laugh out loud.  When describing the process of learning to throw on the wheel, 9th grader Leo says, 

“It just seemed so easy when the teacher did it but it turned out to be the biggest challenge of my life next to tying my shoelaces.”

and later on in the reflection,

“Anger management was the key to success in this project.  Thanks to this project I improved in controlling my temper, which I find tremendously useful.”