"Some teachers, they dont get much work ready
for us, cause they think we don't care about nothin' right?
And they think we don't notice. But how many crossword puzzles
do they think we gotta do before we figure it out, right?
Don't know why they do that. I mean, we're in school, so why not
give us school work? But that's not everybody, now. You take Mrs. P...
Now in her class do we ever have to put out. I mean, she's got work and
everything every day! Like there's always stuff on the board for us,
and then we get a lesson-thing. And then more work. And we got this huge
ton of notes!
What's cool is nobody messes around in Mrs. P's class. And like, it's not
just that she's mean--like--it's like you're really doin' something
in that class, man. It's--it's like you're learning something!"
Fergie S., aged 15, on audio tape.
Profound right? But what really touched me was in brackets right below the entry. It said,
"Mrs. P was in her first year of teaching"
Her first year of teaching.
It's what we all strive for, to be a difference. To take what we learn at the faculty, combine it with our natural love for teaching, and go out and make a difference. The fact that this lady, this Mrs. P, was able to make a difference for Fergie, and other kids with behavioural exceptionalities, in her first year gives me focus, inspiration, and excitement to go and do it myself.
