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I have to vent here. I am very frustrated with things right now. I am student teaching in my final semester in a school that is "inner city." Pardon my flippant use of the word, but even other Public Schools in the area call this school the "ghetto school."
Not that I care about that...but what has frustrated me is the feeling of helplessness. Let me give you some examples.
- Today, the brightest girl in our class comes in looking either sick, or exhausted, or both. It was both. She threw up in the morning and slept in the nurses office all morning and afternoon. So she missed the entire day of school. She had to stay because nobody is home to take care of her. That makes sense. What doesn't make sense is when she wakes up, she says to me, "I know why I am sick. I stayed up at my mom's sister's birthday party until 4:30am. I only got 3 hours of sleep." And who knows what they ate...
- A cute little boy who wants to do what is right misses a day of school. I ask him the next day if he was sick. He says no...my mom didn't want to drive me to school.
-Another boy comes in and says his dad is getting a belly because of the juice he drinks. He also says that his mom and sister cry because they are scared.
- Another boy comes in and sleeps all morning. He tells me that his mom let him stay up all night and play video games.
- One girl comes in and says, "My mom says she ain't going to that thing(parent teacher conferences) so she threw the form away."
There's more, but what makes me even more frustrated is that none of this is the child's fault. God bless the mom's who come in and show they care about their children.
I have taught in private schools and public schools that have a different population, but I can't help it. I have to teach in these schools. Some nights though, I need to go home and sit in a room with no lights and no sound....and not move.
Thanks for letting me vent.
PK
Not that I care about that...but what has frustrated me is the feeling of helplessness. Let me give you some examples.
- Today, the brightest girl in our class comes in looking either sick, or exhausted, or both. It was both. She threw up in the morning and slept in the nurses office all morning and afternoon. So she missed the entire day of school. She had to stay because nobody is home to take care of her. That makes sense. What doesn't make sense is when she wakes up, she says to me, "I know why I am sick. I stayed up at my mom's sister's birthday party until 4:30am. I only got 3 hours of sleep." And who knows what they ate...
- A cute little boy who wants to do what is right misses a day of school. I ask him the next day if he was sick. He says no...my mom didn't want to drive me to school.
-Another boy comes in and says his dad is getting a belly because of the juice he drinks. He also says that his mom and sister cry because they are scared.
- Another boy comes in and sleeps all morning. He tells me that his mom let him stay up all night and play video games.
- One girl comes in and says, "My mom says she ain't going to that thing(parent teacher conferences) so she threw the form away."
There's more, but what makes me even more frustrated is that none of this is the child's fault. God bless the mom's who come in and show they care about their children.
I have taught in private schools and public schools that have a different population, but I can't help it. I have to teach in these schools. Some nights though, I need to go home and sit in a room with no lights and no sound....and not move.
Thanks for letting me vent.
PK