A third grade boy tried to choke me today. He put his hand around my neck and had a look of sheer anger in his eyes. He was fighting with another boy and I broke up the fight by pulling him off. I put him into a door jam to calm him down and he grabbed my neck.
I don't blame him for anything. This child is angry - like most of the boys at my school. They are young boys or men and most are mad. I feel terrible for them. They need help and I am not talking about academic help. They need a man to not only look up to but talk to and express themselves with. I don't know how they would react to me because of my skin color. Is this wrong?
I am a father before I am a teacher and I am the father of a son and a daughter. I see what I give my son and these boys don't have that. The boys at my school are starving for a male to lead the way. I don't know that I am that man but damn it I'm gonna give it a try.
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