Another Wonderful Day

There is a saying in Education, "To leave school at school" and "Let it go, tomorrow is another new day". These I have found are very helpful and full of truth. There is also that misconception, even for myself that a teacher can reach every student; no, no it is not possible. Especially when a student tells you that she hates school and doesn't want to do anything. They choose to fail. I believe there are a lot of these kids who slip through the cracks. They get to high school and WHAM! it hits them like a ton of bricks that they won't pass those state exams to graduate and they drop out, and the vicious cycle begins again with their own kids, whom they have at age 17...That is the worst case scenario and not all of these kids will end up like this, some want to succeed, but there have never been those teachers who will help them out, passing them onto Special Ed. because they believe that there is something "wrong" with them, or that they are "slow" to learning. I've already been at the middle school for five days, but it feels like I've been there a month with all of the information I get on kids every day. Their home life isn't very good in some cases and parents seem to be out of the picture for most kids. It's a hard reality to come to and I know that this will be the case for me once I get my first teaching job. The learning experience is great, it totally knocks you on the head and shows you how teaching is and how the teachers that do the good work often get the shaft with money and with other issues. I hope that whoever reads this thinks about a teacher they were sometimes rude to and goes back to that teacher and apologizes and thanks them for all the hard work they did when they had them for class. That's all for my ranting today, hopefully I will post tomorrow; just remember that "Every day is every day and each day is a journey..."~Tremmel. It's how you live each day and what path you choose to take on your journey that makes you who you are.