The things that I learned this week from both students and teachers was that most students that I teach now are lower middle class or poor. I learned this week during advisory student filled out a survey that ask about there annual house hold income, the average was 25,000 across the board. It also asked how many students stay in a 2 parent house hold it was less than 20% that had 2 parents in a household. The survey also asked how many students have tried drugs or beeen around people during drugs 70% answered they had or been around it or done drugs. As i was looking at the numbers from the surevy a co-worker made a comment "students main focus is not with use 60% of the time but the 40% we do have there attention we need to capture there minds and teach life lesson" I learned this week that teaching is bigger than your class its about the success of your students in life.
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The statistics that you cited are powerful. This information really tells you alot about your students before you ever teach one lesson. I often find myself wondering if my students come in cranky, if they had breakfast or if they had eaten dinner last night. In the end, I know that I am more then a teacher in many cases, and I cherish that role.
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