Sometimes one card is just too small for an answer! I do my best. 🙂
 How can I help my black male students to do well despite society’s low expectations of them? I already have close mentoring relationships with and high expectations for them, but even this doesn’t help them have high expectations for themselves. |
 Get them outside their school, by sending them to a faire or tradeshow. Have them chat with real people who have struggled & succeeded. Give them tiny project that give them a chance to get noticed — poetry contest or essays or science fair. Challenge them directly. Somebody has to be the next Stephen King. Why not them? 🙂 <3 <3 ——– Want daily inspiration? Subscribe! And try my other blog, Weird Boston Events. |
