‘Why are they in my class?’ A teacher talks candidly about the most difficult students
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People who enter the teaching profession are generally those who want to help and make a difference in the lives of young people. Kids who present problems of one kind or another are often seen as welcome challenges — except when they consistently, despite effort, prove highly disruptive to everyone else in the class. What are teachers supposed to do with students placed in their class who they just don’t want in their class?
Here is one teacher’s candid observations about her own experience with those students she would rather not be in her class. She is Alice Trosclair, who has been teaching for nine years in south Louisiana. She currently teaches American literature, English Language and Composition (AP), and English Literature and Composition (AP). She lives with her husband and son, and has what she calls hundreds of “adopted” children — her students. This was first published in The Educator’s Room here, and I am republishing it with permission.
By Alice Trosclair
We all have difficult students — and some are more difficult than others. I have never shied away from a challenging student. I have my “projects” than I am determined to save, even they don’t want to be saved because I believe ‘Why are they in my class?’ A teacher talks candidly about the most difficult students - The Washington Post:
