Lessons Learned

I have learned that some of my students will eventually be, what I want them to be right now. I am realizing (having a tough time with it though) that a student's best and my expectations are usually not on the same level. In my last blog I wrote about how I had a tough week with some of my kids. I am having to learn that they are just kids and sometimes they will exceed my expectations and other times they may let me down.

After this past week, I had to recall something my mom always told me in high school. "You will never be responsible considering how messy you keep your room." Well I did keep my room a mess as a child but funny enough, I moved out at 18 and got my own place and have always had a neat home since.

She assumed then as I do now that if a child (our students) cannot achieve something now then they never will but the messiest (most unruly or unorganized student) child might become the neatest (most successful) adult.

The title is lessons learned but I think I should change it to lessons still being learned. This one is a hard one for me to grasp but I realize the sooner that I do, the easier my life will be.