Change in performance

I was thrilled today when D brought in his homework, and he had done above and beyond what we had asked of the class.  There were 5 figures to graph to evaluate for similarity, and we had divided the class into two groups: one group did the baseline and two distortions, the other group did the baseline and two different distortions.  Within each group, they should have found 2 similar figures and one impostor.  Most of the class had excuses about why they hadn't done it, and we ended up giving them class time this morning to finish their homework.  Imagine my surprise when D shows us all 5 figures completed.  I publicly acknowledged his hard work and my CT actually gave out candy for students who did the homework at home.  I hope this signals a new work ethic.  Perhaps last week's conference with D and his mom made a difference.  His attitude certainly made my day!