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The article presents the personal experiences of a teacher who refused to give up on teenagers. He had the pleasure and honor of getting to know 8,000 teenagers. He says that inspiring honors students to love literature and creative writing has been a joy. His challenge and purpose in life has been to teach the at-risk kids, the students who have police records, attention deficit disorder, lives of poverty, broken homes. Teaching a lesson without them makes a teacher's life easier. His at-risk students choose to get out of bed each day. They get themselves to school without breakfast. They sit in their classes, often not understanding the material because they lack basic skills. The purpose of his life has been to encourage, teach, and give hope to every teenager. |
