Random rant...........
As a child I remember wanting to be a teacher when I grew up. It was my third grade teacher Mrs. Rice who inspired me. She was small in stature, and always wore a smile. Her body size is what intrigued me the most. She was so tiny, however she could handle us unruly children. It was that primarily why I became interested in teaching. I believed that since I was tiny liker her, I could be a good teacher and handle my students as well as she did. As I aged my interest in teaching faded, and I found my gift. I was blessed in the 6th grade to come have Mrs. Weave as my 6th grade teacher. Though at first I didn't realize the impact she would have on my life, I do now. She instructed the class to write three poems after a class lessons. I wrote "What A Beautiful Day", "Friends", and "At Night". What a beautiful day, Wouldn’t you say?
Although the teacher was wrong, two things do pop in my head after reading the story... Would this be an issue if the words had come from a black teacher? Would he have been just "keeping it real" or "trying to save our kids with tough love?" And the second thing that comes to my mind... Working within the school system, I know first hand how frustrating it can be to teach some of these kids, especially at an urban school. It's just not the kids fault though... Many of the public schools in urban areas lack funding, books, and teachers. Therefore you have over crowded classes. You also have kids with a host of learning disabilities and mental issues which are not being properly cared for. Parents are also lacking in what they're suppose to do... I can go on and on. I am sure that those students are not as innocent as it seems. BUT the teacher handled it the wrong way, and the kids behavior probably brought out some underline hate that the teacher was already harvesting. After you see students cuss out teachers as well as try to fight them, you realize that the system as failed as a whole from parents to the school board.
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