POKER CHIPS

Wow....truly an inspiring and enlightening video. That guy is really good, but I think this part was my favorite by far. Ya know, I feel that I am VERY conscious about giving a "little extra love" to my students who I KNOW are "down some chips," but I think that this video really made me understand how important that is and what a great impact it can have on a child. But also, it reminded me NOT to forget that A student, who behaves well, is great in class, has money and a car and friends...but yet; maybe he/she is covering up. Or rather, maybe, some of these types of kids just push through it, or some, they just seem to "handle" everything fine. Well, looks can be deceiving. I realized this semester that one of my "good" kids, one "that will be fine" out there in life, was having issues at home with an alcoholic birth parent and a step-parent. But this kid would have NEVER used that as some excuse or reason to "act out" or whatever. Nope; this kid just quietly handled everything in his own way. I find out that he had been living in his car and then at a friend's house for a while when he actually DID come and talk to me. We had a good rapport and I think he just got to the end of his rope. Anyway, long story short, that video TRULY made me realize that even the "high-rollers" can be WAY down on chips....and still appear to be a high roller!