So SAD/ANGRY
Yall, I am so sad and so angry at the same time. My 9th grader asked if she could talk to me in the closet. Mind you, if we go to the closet it is serious-very serious. I grabbed some tissue because tears are usually shed in the closet, prayers are made in the closet....Well, anyway she told me that she is 2 months pregnant. Sorors and sisterfriends this is the 5th young lady this month. Lets see.....one seventh grader, two eighth graders, one ninth grader and one 11th grader. Two ninth graders and one 10th grader and one 12 grader have already had babies. This is so depressing. I have a ninth grade (male) student who fathered two of the babies. He can barely read. We need to do something-but what! I talk and I talk and I talk. I mean I really get real with them. This is a rural area and there is not much to do. Why do they want these babies so desperately? They walk around so proud. I forgot that one of our 7th graders just had a baby about a month ago. She told me that her labor was not all that bad. She was out with the baby the next week. What is really going on! This troubles my soul. How can these young kids be mothers and fathers to their children when they are but children themselves? Yall, I am so grieved. The more I talk the worse it gets. The counselor and the local health department have been educating them about STDs, pregnancy, drugs etc... Maybe I need to just shut up!Does anyone have any suggestions? I am all ears!
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