This is a really heartbreaking story. It is sad to know that this school, and I’m sure many more, just want the scores to be there. They could care less about the students and if they are actually learning. They think as long as they are passing, there is nothing wrong. John Owens wrote a book about his teaching experience to share with the world the real importance of school. Being a teacher is one of the hardest jobs because you have to see all of the struggles that your students will go through. Some may be struggling with school, but lots of children will be having family problems. The story of the child who was raped broke my heart, because administration didn’t even care enough to let social workers come in and speak with her about it. She wrote that story because she needed to tell someone, because she trusted John Owens enough to tell him the truth. When Owens went to tell the principal of the problem, they blew her story off saying that it wasn’t true. How horrible?? Children need someone who they can trust. You should get to know your students, and you should care about your students! Yes you want them to pass and “make the grades”, but it is so much more than that. These children need to be taught how to be a citizen in society. They need to be taught life lessons and work ethic. This school treated its students like they were just a number, something that could become a statistic. We need to make sure that education is more than just that.
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