Entry 55 caught my eye because I always had a thing for music in the
classroom. I thought the entry was going to be about music because of the way
the teacher set up the story. As I kept reading, however, I realized that music
didn’t have very much to do with the story. It was more about a teacher’s
attempt to reach the students in a different way than they were used to. The
bit about racism caught me by surprise. It sort of came out of nowhere. I still
get surprised when I find racism still in the world because we should be so far
past that and yet, children are still taught by an older generation about how
black people don’t belong here and they don’t deserve equal rights.
“I don’t need anyone” or “I need someone so badly”? Entry 61 has a lot
of different thoughts going on. The biggest one is, worrying about all of your
students. Knowing that one of them is in trouble but you have seven others in
your class that have their own set of circumstances. How do you reach that one
student? How do you reach all of them? Can it be done? The entry ends with a
great answer. Step-by-step. It’s going to take a lot of work and you’ll have
plenty of challenging days but taking on the challenges one at a time and not
giving up is the best thing you can do.
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