I was sitting in Vinaka Coffee Shop in Carlsbad about twenty years ago reading a book on classroom management, when I stumbled across a gem that I have held on to ever since--magic cards! No, these cards have nothing to do with card tricks or Yu-gi-Oh. Instead, they are a great way to get honest feedback from your students that can help you be a better teacher I really wish I could give credit to the author of the book, but even after searching the internet, I could find nothing about these cards or what book they came from! Who Doesn't Like Positives? We just wrapped up the fifth week of school, so I felt students had enough information about me and my class to give me some honest feedback. I had students pack up all of their things except a pen or pencil and passed out a square of paper to each student. I told them that they should not write their names on the card but that they would be handing me the sheet of paper as they walked out the door. On one side of the car