Every August, your child arrives at school filled with excitement, anxiety, curiosity, and anticipation. The school year is roughly 180 days, or half a calendar year. A lifetime in the world of a child. Every August, educators arrive at school filled with excitement, anxiety, curiosity, and anticipation. The school year is roughly 180 days, or half a calendar year. A lifetime in the world of an educator.
When dropping your child off at school, you wonder "Will someone make room for him at lunch?", "Will he find a love for learning?", "Will his feelings get hurt?", "Is the math going to click this year?", " Is he going to make new friends?". When educators greet your children at school, they wonder "Will someone make room for him at lunch?", "Will he find a love for learning?", "Will his feelings get hurt?", "Is the math going to click this year?", " Is he going to make new friends?".
By January, you have survived the new common core curriculum, despite some hiccups. You hear about the pitfalls of recess, new friends, and unwanted enemies. Math is finally clicking, but how do I foster a love for reading? By January, educators have survived the new common core curriculum, despite some hiccups. They hear about the pitfalls of recess, new friends, and unwanted enemies. Math is finally clicking, but how do they foster a love for reading?
By spring, you have finally found your rhythm. You think back to that first day, the fear and excitement, the unknown, and now you can breathe. Feelings have been hurt, conflicts resolved, new friendships formed. It's amazing to think how much he has grown over the course of a school year. He will always need you, but signs of independence are emerging, like checking the homework website, taking advantage of school resources, and joining various clubs. By spring, educators have finally found their rhythm. They think back to that first day, the fear and excitement, the unknown, and now they can breathe. Feelings have been hurt, conflicts resolved, new friendships formed. He will always need the educators in his life, but signs of independence are emerging, like checking the homework website, taking advantage of school resources, and joining various clubs.
As a parent, your heart swells with love, pride, and anxiety when you drop your child at school everyday. Educators multiply that feeling times several hundred students. As you worry about wanting to protect him, we worry about protecting all of our students' hearts and minds. You spend hours checking his homework, worrying about the upcoming social studies test, and cringing at how there wasn't enough room at the lunch table. Meanwhile, educators spend all day with every one's sons/daughters, trying to engage them in learning, making sure the necessary study guide finds its way into their backpacks, and above all, they are happy. Please remember, educators love children, all of them, in spite of their challenges, attitudes, and abilities. They have been entrusted with their care, and despite the mounting pressures of a broken system, continue to be an extension of your family, so treat them as such!
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