My Experience Teaching During COVID-19: The Non-Enabler

I always wanted to become a teacher however I started out my career in a different field, it was okay but I felt the need to be the teacher that I always knew I could be so here I am a teacher, and a teacher now during Covid-19. 

My experiences have been split between students that are working very hard and students that are hardly working. Most of my students are freshmen from middle school and their skills are very low.  literacy across the board is already low from many students, but these particular students have basically no skills yes I am a special education teacher so some of my students have a second to a third-grade reading level I'm totally understanding their needs but outside of that, I think most students are capable following instructions, some organization skills, motivation skills and strength and knowledge in what they are doing. However, some choose not to do what is expected of them. 

I think the student’s parents in some ways enable students to lack motivation and I know some students are struggling at home with family issues some are living in shelters some are living in an abusive household, living in a home with too many family members in the home and it's often loud, some students are in homes where the parents may be on drugs so it's really hard for them to focus especially now taking classes on zoom. In my school, there are so many opportunities for students to receive extra help during and after school. Some teachers myself included having given nights and weekends to assist. In the end, we just continue to try and push them as much as possible hoping that the lessons that we are trying to teach them they will grasp it before it’s too late.

My story. My Truth.

-The Non-Enabler