Teaching Hope Part 2

This was a really tough section to read of the book because it was filled with horrible stories that were really sad to read. All of these stories provided controversy that most teachers will be faced with one time or another. The story that effected me the most was the one about Kate. Kate was an over-achiever. Always turned assignments in that were brilliant according to her teacher. Although Kate was one of the most unbelievable students, she lacked social skills and was constantly the target of ridicule but many of her peers. At the end of Kate's senior year, she quietly hung herself. As I read this story silently, then out loud to my roommates the one thing we both agreed upon was that we both could think of people exactly like Kate that we went to high school with. Quiet, shy, great student, but with zero friends. It was hard to think of how those people we went to school with could have been another Kate.