Three Stories From The Classroom

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23. Tahnk your brother for me.

I teach American History in a title 1 school in North Carolina that serves primarily Hispanic kids45% and African American kids 35% the remaining 20%is everybody else. Costco and Sam's clubs are about 3 miles from our high school and I too hit them up for granola bars and fig newton snacks and apple sauce squeeze tubes. 95% of our kids receive free meals breakfast, lunch and weekend take home meals. I usually have 8-9 kids stay in my room during lunch to make up work, talk, not be surrounded by the crazies in the lunchroom and halls. This is my last year in the classroom. Our district is changing how I am supposed to teach history and I don't want anything to do with the new version, so I'm retiring after 21 years in the classroom and 21 years of Army Active duty..42 years of public service is enough for me. So I will l probably go volunteer at my local VA hospital or go back as a substitute teacher not responsible for lesson plans, grading papers etc... Thanks to the good people like your brother, the kids will make it thru regardless how many repugs try to stop us from helping the kids.