I remember growing up in class dreading the day constantly watching the clock I could not wait to get to football practice. It was just the adrenaline rush I would get something I could put my focus on and actually see results. In the classroom was a whole different ball game I wasn’t seeing immediate results and your current grades were only clarified every 6 weeks. On top of that, I didn’t feel comfortable in the classroom. Laugh all you want but a room full of 9th-grade girls with book-smarts feels like the mob. It shouldn’t be that way through every student should feel comfortable engaging or not engaging in any situation regarding the learning environment.
We honestly shouldn’t have a predicament where no student leaves the classroom not understanding what the teacher is teaching. So, what is the resolution? As a superior mind, it is our duty to engage in these topics and challenge the thinking and the models, we use to advance our children into adult life. A lot of kids do not come from the same background some parents work for a bunch and lack a connection or the time invested with their child. Other parents are there but may not be attentive or just, in general, resonate toxicity within their relationship. Either way, these things can affect the way a child is and how they choose to handle problems within themselves and on paper.
We should desire to be more aware of this issue and realize every child will need tailored attention. Along with teaching children the basic math and sciences we should also be teaching confidence-building exercises. When students come through doors it should be something they look forward to and not dread when they walk into a classroom. For instance, teaching children mannerisms or being respectful will go a long way if you show them your manners and respect. Allow children to make mistakes and applaud when they fix them. Go ahead hype up the small humans because once they get older every achievement will keep them going no matter how big or small.
They will learn self-confidence and won’t be afraid to speak up for what they want. The last thing a superior mind desires to be is a yes man/woman. Doing everything asked of him and not seeing progress in one’s own life. We should be teaching kids to be strong and the basic necessities to succeed, like maintaining your credit score, changing the oil on your car, the ins and outs of saving money. Every student should be required to start taking practice college exams around the 7th grade. It will instill the confidence you need by the time you are in the 11th/12th grade to take it for real to enter college. Versus taking it towards the end only realize you were never prepared. We must begin to invest more time in the mental health of our youth as well, kids shouldn’t have to go home to a bad environment and walk into another bad one not if we require them to be in our space. A good friend of mine is a teacher and I asked her how she feels about the school system and what could be better and this is what she had to say: “ I have learned that school can help facilitate self-esteem or diminish it and that’s very important to me. I not only want to teach them the alphabet but also build their confidence to say the alphabet and be comfortable getting it wrong and not retreat from the learning process.” I tip my hat to an honorable woman who wishes to succeed at her righteous duty to the earth. She could just be earning a paycheck but she’d rather make a difference first.
I hope all is well in your space please stay safe lead with grace superior minds are off to the race
