Student selections.
It's been one of the longest days so far. It basically boils down to the students who do well as far as behavior, academics, and their social skills. It was pretty easy to decide who stays. The tough part was deciding who goes and why.
Some students aren't strong academically. Some students don't want to be here. Some students are too much of a behavior problem. The most sad is the students who don't have the support from the parents and families. It's really hard to hear those stories about what their home life is like. Some of these kids have been through and seen things that a child that young should never have to! My heart is heavy for those kids. As bad as you want those kids to have a positive environment, you can't do anything to change it. No matter how bad they want to succeed, their surroundings have everything to do with whether they will or won't and why.
As a teacher in a private school where the kids are chosen, the school has an ability to get rid of the problem children. When you teach in a public school where everyone has to go somewhere, I don't know (and have to figure out) how those teachers deal with those students. WHat more can you do for them? I think that my compassion and sensitivity to those students will be great characteristics that will make me a great teacher to all kinds of kids.
~Miss Haywood
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