Didn’t he do well !

Upon scoring his first and only goal in his first ever football match for his school, Tommy (not his real name) ran up to me roaring “Did I do good, Sir?”. “You did good.” I replied, smiling at his evident joy.

At report time I wrote on his report, “Tommy done good.” Before the reports went out, my headmaster summoned me to his office to question my poor English in Tommy’s PE report so I told him the story, “Leave it exactly as it is.” he instructed.

Later that term, at parent’s evening, Tommy’s mum and dad told me that Tommy was so happy with his report that he cried.