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Originally posted by miss priss
Remember, ALL KIDS CAN LEARN! TOO many teachers are quick to dismiss a child for what they lack in understanding because we ASSUME that mama/daddy is teaching them at home. If you plan to teach (surburbs or not) you WILL be a parent, teacher, counselor, nurse, confident, friend, etc.
Teach to grasp minds, make influences, and although you won't save every kid, you will reach the lives of many!
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If this isn't the truth... Nowadays, you have to assume that the parents AREN'T TEACHING THEM ANYTHING AT HOME, because that's how they act. We DO have to teach manners, and respect, and other "character" issues that should be the job of the parents, but they aren't doing it. And we can't assume they know basic information. My best friend, who teaches social studies/history/government was in a middle school last year. He had a disscussion with one student, in which the student asked him how would somebody get from Mexico to China? Its a long ride to go all the way around Africa. To which my best friend was stunned, the little boy, in 7TH GRADE, DID NOT KNOW THAT THE EARTH WAS ROUND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is a very true story. The student's class had had a long term sub the year before and who knows what before that.
So, this is the state of the children today, we have to take all this into account when we go in. Its not ALL this bad, but a lot of it is.
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