An inward collapse...I can't think of a better word for what I've been witnessing with some of the teenagers in my life. I have more non-graduates in my realm than I can ever recall. I struggle with a question of what I could have done differently, but realize that there's really nothing else I could have done. I pushed, I offered help, I listened, I lectured, I supported...I did all I knew how to do.
These are implosions...each one knew what they were facing, they knew what they needed to do, yet they couldn't or wouldn't do what it took to make it work. Sad really...so many chances yet they didn't take the opportunity or meet the challenge.
What happens next? Each one is different. One will go to community college anyway. One has paid for the GED. One has no clue. Each one will have to chart their own course for what happens next in their life. My reality is that I may never know what happens in their future. I may never see the lessons they learn from not earning that high school diploma.
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