Opportunities

As a middle school teacher, I have the opportunity to see a slice of society in its raw form. Young people are definitely not all the same... Being that I am a project based computer teacher, my students work on their projects during class. During those days that I am not instructing, they have the opportunity to get their work done. I often take advantage of the time to grade projects or work with students individually and at the same time I am observing my class. It's interesting, because about half of the students are locked in and focused and half are easily distracted and become overly social. Those students just don't understand that they are wasting their time and their opportunity to get their work done is slipping away. Those are the same students that usually don't get a decent grade on their projects. I am hoping that through direction and conversation, they will begin to learn that every opportunity that they don't take advantage of, somebody else is and that somebody is getting ahead... Life is very competitive... If you want to be successful and live a good life, take advantage of your opportunities while they last.