Next week is conference week. I have a high failure rate (the students will not turn things in, costing most about 20 easy points, will not listen to reviews or lessons - well, you know) but the parents don't care.
I have several who are trying to get their kids to drop out - yeah, that's a solution.
One dropped out last week because the teachers in this week offer no support (I have 8 tutoring sessions scheduled a week - they just have to come). He is now in jail, arrested for selling drugs 2 days after dropping out. He had a 19 for me.
These are depressing times. When I feel I make no difference. I keep telling myself, I cannot save them all. I work on the ones I can save.
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Your blog list is impressive--and not just because I'm on it! I'll be interested to see it metamorphose over time.
As for saving kids, yes, it's sad but true: Some are salvageable, and some are not. We do what we can, shoving guilt to the farthest recesses of our minds.
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