Duncanville Texas Response

          This video of the kid in the red shoes standing up for his right and every kid in that classrooms right to have a good learning experience in school is amazing. He stands up and walks in the middle of the class talking to the teacher saying that she needs to learn how to be a teacher by inspiring the students otherwise we will not learn anything we have been taught in school. He is 18 and was a drop out but he came back to finish his education but how could he feel inspired if the teacher does not care about the students let along say she is just only doing this job for the money. He speaks for not just his classroom but for all classrooms all over the world who have encountered similar situations with their teachers. This kid was interviewed after a fellow classmate had recorded the whole conversation and put this video on viral where even the news caught attention to him. I understand where this kid is coming from and I agree with his statement. I have encountered situations where teachers have admitted that they only teach for the money and usually those are the teachers who do a horrible job. Sometimes the teacher will lose your work and if they lost your work then it becomes your problem the student because now the teacher has no proof that the student has turned in their work. What really makes situations worse for students is that even though we believe that if enough of us come together and tell the principal about the teacher nothing happens to them. The principal who is suppose to be on our side the student simply takes in the information and gives us false hope in thinking that something will be done but instead nothing happens and soon they expect that the information given to the principal will wear off. I feel that in some schools no one is own our side when it comes to teachers. They say they want to help us achieve but when acts such as what has happened to that kid in the red shoes and nothing is done about it makes me think personally if school is worth staying. The reason why some students treat teachers like crap is because we get treated like crap from the teacher which leads to poor performance in academics and low self-esteem. This is one of the reasons we have so many drop outs it’s because no one is there for the student. If we can’t go to a principal or a dean for help then what is the point of having those positions. If they act like they don’t want to be here and do not want to help us even though they say they do then I would rather be home schooled and live off an informal education. I feel that I would not be the only student who has thought of this and some students end up doing this action. When we feel inferior to those of higher authority than us we become on the edge. What is on the edge some people may ask? Well on the edge leads us to do something unthinkable and sometimes we can not control what we may do or say. We need to have teachers respect us before we give respect to them and if one student is having trouble then that teacher needs to approach them to where they feel comfortable. The bottom line of this is we need support because without support where do we belong.