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Damages Done

I have been thinking a lot about damages lately, and particularly the damages we sometimes inflict on our students unintentionally.  Those things we think we are doing for the right reasons or because someone told us we had to and how they end up hurting the very kids we are trying to help.  Things such as testing, report cards, missing recess, and other work-ethic creating tasks.  Or what about the words of wisdom we share with our students when we discipline?  Or the call out of a kid in front of the whole room because they weren't paying enough attention when we wanted them to?  Rewards or honor roll to make sure some kids feel valued while others do not?  Those damages that we don't think much of but that over time are sure to change the kid somehow.  Those are the damages I ponder.

In the end, I think back to the kindergartners that come into our lives the first day of school and I wonder what we do to those kids?  How do some of them turn into troubled adults when they started out alright?  What part do we have in the mess that is created? How much damage do we do fooled by good intentions?  I don't have the answer but it is making me think.


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