My wife is a tutor at a public school with a majority of lower income families consisting of a majority of african-american and hispanic children. The children are around 1st to 4th graders.
She came across a real dillema today. She sat them all down and wanted them to discuss what they wanted to do in life when they grow up. You will be shocked at the answers she got.
The many answers she got was: I want to be a serial killer, I want to be a statue, I want to fight this person and that person when I grow up, Im going to rob this, Im going to kill them.....and so goes the list........
There were some kids who did actually participate well, BUT the disruptive and troubled kids took the attention away from them.
She tried to reason and explain to them why what they want to do is wrong etc, but they would swear and stick their middle finger up at other kids etc. These kids dont come from the most involved families, so how does she react or ameliorate this? ADVICE, BOOKS, ARTICLES?
2007-01-09
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