So Friday I passed out a review for the semester exam. In class since then I've let the students work at their own pace to get whatever answers they could. Today, I put up all the answers to the review so they could check their work. I told them, "If you got any of them wrong, come to my desk and ask me about it and I'll show you how to work it." At the end of the day, I've had a total of five kids come and ask me about a question. Either everyone is this good and the semester exam is going to be a breeze, or only five kids out of 138 actually care to correct their review.
Its times like this that I feel myself turning into an old man. When I was in high school, I would have hung on the teacher's every word if he/she was telling me how to pass the final. Today, they could care less. Are times truly this different? What happened to doing your best in everything and wanting to do well in school? Is there no work ethic anymore?
God, please help me teach my son to do better than this. Help me to show him to be more than what this generation of students is settling for. And if that's not what you want for Him, then give me the insight to see that.
Yeah....I'm gonna be a dad. It gets a little more real every day. God, help me to not screw up.
Keep Soaring,
B
:o You are turning into an old man :P You old man! har har :) Times do change, different standards and morals are taught and pass down, but as for you, I know you will be a wonderful father. :) Love you bro!
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