Today we had testing, again, when you have the same group in the class for four hours it takes a toll on you. They are fine when they are working but when they finish it turns in to a madhouse. OK, that is overstating it but it is a lot different then the actual class setting. These test are to help them with the state testing, the juniors were all taking the ACT. This has went on for the past three days. Some students were not built for college, some are built for it but really have no desire to attend and the others want and need to go to college. I think that my job as a teacher is to get that borderline student who wants to be successful into a situation where he/she can be. In Teaching with Love and Logic on page 90 it states, " It is important to keep in mind that your intention is to boost self-worth, not diminish it." I want all my students to be successful, I want them to enjoy their life but I want them to understand life is hard and it takes work to get there.
Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.
Henry David Thoreau
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