Teaching Hope Part 1

After reading the first section of Teaching Hope, I became really intrigued with the stories each teacher wrote about. Each teacher had a unique experience as to why they became a teacher. It really made me appreciate the occupation much more by just reading these stories. So far, my favorite story was of the teacher that was assaulted by one student and the teacher then recognized that the system actually failed the student and the student was the victim not the teacher. If all teachers thought that way then we would be able to recognize these failures and fix them before it gets to the point where a student feels violence is the only option. I really do look forward to continuing to read each story as the book continues.