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To deny a student the opportunity to learn is always a mistake. My second year teaching I started keeping a folder of things that showed me that giving someone a chance had made a difference. The folder is OVERFLOWING after 15 years.

There was a point for every single one of us that we didn't know where we were going or what we would do. School is the place we hope to show them. This is why I teach in a public school and always will. Those difficult students need to be in your class and learn from you as well as the teacher. You don't have to be a teacher to make a difference in their lives. Caring role models will do the same.