An educator has touched hearts
after she narrated an incident that took place in her class.
@raediancee wrote: "I let
one of my students sleep yesterday during class. She NEVER sleeps in my class
so I figured something was up. This morning she kept thanking me for letting
her rest. Turns out her 2 year old was sick and was in the ER all night. Moral:
have compassion for your students."
Her post blew up with over 100K
likes and over 18K retweets. However, some criticized her for encouraging the
student to be lazy. She then went on to narrate her experience growing up and how
it's helped her empathize with her students.
She revealed her family was
rendered homeless at a time in her life and this meant she wasn't getting
enough sleep. She said her guidance counsellor noticed and often called her out
of class to talk but "really, it was her way of just letting me get some
rest." She added, "because of her, I was able to still excel
academically."
She continued: "I say all of
this to say: I never “looked homeless” & many of my teachers never knew I
was homeless. Yet, I was. And I was struggling. But because of the compassion
of my guidance counselor, I was able to manage my schooling better.
"I currently teach women who
are: homeless, being abused, preparing to give their child up for adoption,
single parenting 6 children under 8 years old, and the list goes on. If I’m not
human enough to recognize their individual situations, I shouldn’t be teaching."
Read her entire thread below.
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