Here is the hard part about being a teacher. Each child is a unique person with needs. Teachers look for the good and build upon that. Or at least we should. We are always hopeful that something we do will be the breakthrough that makes the child have more success.
In all of my years of teaching, I had one child who had no redeeming qualities, I felt. It is hard for teachers to give up on a student. We look at that as failure. We did not find the proper key .
Cruz does not sound like there was much to like. Two families kept him for awhile. The last one did not see anything odd.
I wonder if teachers liked him. I wonder if a teacher would have been able ti blast him away.
human, thank you for your service as a teacher! I know personally that I don't have the patience for that calling. I am so grateful to those who put their hearts on the line to help our society's children grow and learn, socially as well as intellectually.
Your comments also reminded me of a wonderful article I read from Reader's Digest last week that exemplifies how teachers can protect our kids and point out to society which ones have special needs or potential challenges - it's through love and their attention to people, not through guns or distrust. https://www.rd.com/advice/parenting/stop-bullying-strategy/#.WoZVAPqSMkk.facebook
[FONT=&]You see, Chase’s teacher is not looking for a new seating chart or “exceptional citizens.” Chase’s teacher is looking for lonely children. She’s looking for children who are struggling to connect with other children. She’s identifying the little ones who are falling through the cracks of the class’s social life. [/FONT]
P.S. Moo. My apologies if the article has already been posted to this thread; today was the first day I could bear to read the thread, so I've missed a lot of great insights from the WS community.