Why Do They Assume Alt Ed Kids Are Criminals?

Those Kids - You Mean Our Kids!

Who are the students we teach?  Who are these bodies who cross the threshold into our learning environment each day?  Many seem to be rather obstreperous, some belligerent, others quiet and timid.  But they all have more than one thing in common and the biggest commonality is - They’re Children. 

 

Why are they labeled? Does this debase them? Does this allow the rest of the community to keep them at arm's length? 

 

What elements do we need to work on in order to help these students to engage and come in? 

 

This is the first of many discussions on this topic.