"They Did Not Choose Their Parents!"
These words were spoken at the 2011 PLC Summit I attended in Arizona. "They didn't choose their genetic pool". "They couldn't say I want two college-educated parents who love me, care for me, and make education my priority."I realized after hearing this statement, that many times, I get frustrated with my students about things over which they have no control. When they come to school without school supplies, their parent doesn't sign a form, or misses a scheduled appointment, or has made the child stay home to babysit, again.
These are things that the student can not control, but yet, year after year, my frustration is placed on a child, who is probably just as frustrated as I am! How many times has the child walked in the day after parent-teacher conferences, and I've said, "Your mother scheduled an appointment and didn't come" The child stands there