This site is a class blog space for new Career and Technical Specializations and Heathcare Science teachers enrolled in the New Teacher Institute (NTI) at Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia.
Thursday, April 1, 2010
Oh yeah
I had a student who was always fighting and getting in trouble at the alternative school. The next incident he was involved in cost him a trip to jail. When the student returned all of the teachers, including myself had made assumptions that this student would never exit this school. Were we ever wrong, this student change overnight and passed his graduation test. This student returned to his home school played football and graduated from high school. Now this student is currently serving in the Marines. I am truly proud of him and told him so before he left for the Marines. I used him as an example to the other kids who arrived at the alternative school. I do not mind being wrong when a student excels and become successful.
Anthony, you have such a wonderful rapport with your students because of your fatherly stance and approaches you use with them. I so love it when there are strong men in the classroom who can be both excellent role models and caring teachers without crossing the line. I commend you and all of the other men who teach our youth!! We need more teachers like you. Keep up the excellent work.
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