thoughts...

 Thoughts...

I think about all the teachers that failed me. I grew up thinking I was a failure because I couldn't succeed in their classes. and I grew up believing that. 

but then I became a teacher myself, and I look back, as an adult. As a man who loves his job and his students. And I never ONCE blamed a student for their behavior or their failure to succeed in my class. Honestly, the more I'm disappointed in a student, the more I'm disappointed in their parents. 

Why would a kid succeed if no ones on their back, making sure they do their homework? Making sure they're developing good habits? No kid naturally succeeds (very rare do they actually love school and doing work). I realize in the last few years that I didn't fail the adults around me. The adults around me failed ME. 

And that's not my fault.

Ive had parents tell me their kids are not "smart" or "talented" but I'm thinking to myself "you don't push your kids! You don't show them how to be disciplined! You don't give them the chance to find out if they're actually smart or talented".

The best teachers I ever had were adults that listened to me and knew, instinctively, that I wasn't just a child but I was a human with my own thoughts. Kids are really just small adults. They're just as smart, and in many cases, more insightful. 

I've seen teachers that went to Harvard and Yale yada yada (who gives a shit where you went)....and they teach only advanced kids. Are you kidding me? A teacher with a degree from Yale should be in the kindergarten classes because FOUNDATION IS EVERYTHING. I have advanced kids come to me all the time thinking they're big and bad and I knock them down 3-4 levels because their foundation is GARBAGE. They're not actually smart they're just regurgitating memorized facts. This country needs more schools that teach TEACHERS........

THoughts.