Let's Keep Up

I've decided to keep up with this Ed blog. They always tell us teachers should reflect, right? So why not.

I'm really frustrated with the makeup of my students. So many teachers would probably envy my job. I teach in a brand new Middle School with state-of-the-art technology. Sounds like a teacher's dream job, right?

But here is something that we don't have: appreciative students OR parents. It seems like they don't value their education at all. One of my good friends teaches in another district, a B district. She is always talking about how her parents volunteer and how loving her students are. I'm jealous! How do I get my middle schoolers to care?

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