What a Rewarding Job!

The national and state news is full of stories about how our students are not making the grade.  At work I've been so fortunate to work with some great students.  It is so rewarding to see young people strive for excellence.  Many of the students I work with have few experiences outside of their community.  I've witnessed a few break out of their comfort zone to try something new to improve upon themselves.  Even though we live in a small rural community some of my students have found opportunities while others have created opportunities for themselves.  Sure there are others that like many adults are apathetic to their situations, but that is the choice they make.  As many of my students get ready for college, I'm consistently asked to write recommendation letters for scholarships.  I love bragging on the accomplishments of such great young people.  These are the stories of young people you never hear.  You see happy stories don't sell so we don't hear much of this good news.  The stories of guns, knives, fights, drugs and poor test scores overshadow the good. 

Pray for me tomorrow as I travel with a large group of students on a really cool field trip.  I'm so excited to witness some of them have a really awesome experience.  Some of these kids have rough days in class, but here is hoping for a "knock your socks off" kind of day.