Reflection

I think that in order for teachers to really teach students in the foster care system, he or she needs to be able to teach at the level this student is able to learn at. I think this way because when you teach a student at the level they are at, they are able to understand their work better. However, some students in foster care have no motivation in wanting to learn therefore they settle for less. When it comes to that point, it doesn’t matter if you are grading them in coloring between the lines or comprehension on books, they just won’t be teachable students.
Sometimes, I wonder why students don’t have motivation which makes me think if it really has anything to do with the system or not. Personally I feel that some foster kids just want people to feel bad for them and they pull the foster kid card. I think that we have advantage of achieving many of our goals, at least a high school diploma. We are able to make up our grades and improve them and take college classes. Failure is not what we are but it is what we choose. Sometimes taking the easy way is better at the time but later it won’t pay as well as hard work will.
In the end, when students are at that un-teachable stage, a teacher can’t help much but to try to motivate them to do well. Unfortunately teachers don’t have all the power to just teach one person at a time. They got to keep going and so if someone chooses to stay back then, see you later.