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.
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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