I have said before teenagers get a lot of heat in the media and in our culture. I hope I always try to stay their advocate.
I have had the privilege of teaching a few students for a second time this semester. One student, "C", had me for Algebra 2 in student teaching. He was in a very active class 4th block and he was always getting in trouble. He was a sophomore and extremely immmature sometimes. (this was also helped by others' immaturity) I also do not think he liked me very much because I had to "get on" him a lot for his behavior.
When I saw he was on my roll for this year, I was worried he would see me as a student teacher still. I was concerned he may not have grown up. I am happy to say I was wrong. He has matured greatly and while he still is active and energetic, he knows better how to control it.
ALL this to say, last week a very smart remark came out of his mouth and I chewed him out pretty severely. I have never had to get like that in front of that class because they are all very sweet and respectful. I truly do not think I overreacted but in the middle of trying to get technology working, (to which he was complaining about) I did not call him outside.
I forgot about the situation the next day (Friday) but apparently he was still thinking about it SUNDAY. His sunday school teacher apparently is the administrative assistant in the front office. They asked their 11th grade class, "when have you ever made a decision that you know now was not the right one?" And he shared the whole story! She told me he just seemed so upset that he did it and said he knew he was in the wrong. This made me so proud of him for admitting that in front of his peers and that he really saw he shouldn't have done that!
This may seem small but you hardly ever get to know what that a student takes a situation to heart and learns from it in this way!
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