Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New profile posts
Latest activity
Internet Search
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Forums
General Discussions
The Watercooler
Feeling defeated and discouraged...sorry negative and lengthy rant
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="tiredmommy" data-source="post: 331762" data-attributes="member: 1722"><p>{{{EW}}}</p><p> </p><p>I come from poor white trash (it's true!) and that being said, I owe my current life to two teachers: 3rd grade and HS music.</p><p> </p><p>My 3rd grade told me one day that the world was full of poor kids that go nowhere and it was up to me to do better. No one else would do it for me. She also told me I was smart and could do it. That conversation will stay with me forever.</p><p> </p><p>And my HS music teacher helped me stay out of trouble as a teen... he cared about his students and held us accountable. He never threatened to kick us out of band or drop us from the music program but the kids he thought weren't applying themselves had to file sheet music and do other mundane tasks. I think that was to keep us busy. ;-)</p><p> </p><p>There were others, of course, and the good greatly outweighed the bad.</p><p> </p><p>So what does this mean to you EW? You are <em>that</em> teacher too. You are the one that sees your students as human beings, warts and all. You give them your best every day and encourage them to do the samee. And I know you... you will walk into school tomorrow and do it all over again because you are a teacher.</p><p> </p><p>It's what you do.</p><p> </p><p>Thank you for that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tiredmommy, post: 331762, member: 1722"] {{{EW}}} I come from poor white trash (it's true!) and that being said, I owe my current life to two teachers: 3rd grade and HS music. My 3rd grade told me one day that the world was full of poor kids that go nowhere and it was up to me to do better. No one else would do it for me. She also told me I was smart and could do it. That conversation will stay with me forever. And my HS music teacher helped me stay out of trouble as a teen... he cared about his students and held us accountable. He never threatened to kick us out of band or drop us from the music program but the kids he thought weren't applying themselves had to file sheet music and do other mundane tasks. I think that was to keep us busy. ;-) There were others, of course, and the good greatly outweighed the bad. So what does this mean to you EW? You are [I]that[/I] teacher too. You are the one that sees your students as human beings, warts and all. You give them your best every day and encourage them to do the samee. And I know you... you will walk into school tomorrow and do it all over again because you are a teacher. It's what you do. Thank you for that. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
General Discussions
The Watercooler
Feeling defeated and discouraged...sorry negative and lengthy rant
Top