As was discussed in class today, this section of the book was for the most part sad. There were so many things that I read that I could not even imagine being issues secondary teachers would have to face. Reading this section really made me aware of the commonality of so many different problems teens carry around with them.
One of the passages that meant a lot to me was 22, the story about Sierra who was the incredibly depressed girl who made multiple attempts to take her own life. I feel the theme of this passage was about how every teacher should try and form a relationship with your students. This teacher wanted to make known to Sierra that she had similar problems with depression, but overcame them and made her life better. Making connections, appropriate connections, is a great thing to make with your students to help encourage and welcome classroom environment.
The next story, number 23 was one of the more depressing ones in the section of the book. it was the story of Kate, a very gifted student who had no success making friends in school and was always being made fun of and ridiculed for her study habits. After years of being alone and solely dedicated her time to school work, life came to a head and she took her life. It was a very sad passage as we commonly think of the troubled children who take their lives. This was a brilliant girl who could have done amazing things in life and the struggles of living in a society where population dominates became too much. Students need to have an outlet, and if you're a teacher that notices something wrong and you can do something to fix it, I believe it is your duty to.
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