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Describe a recent time when you’ve been discouraged with a student’s progress. Have you witnessed a change in the student’s life, or are you still waiting for that change to occur?
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I am still waiting for my students to become more ethnocentric. They are still kind of self-centered due to limited experiences and my hope and prayer is that their eyes are opened before they have to deal with disaster.
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This is my first year at the school where God called me to be. I feel that I am still waiting, praying and hoping for God’s hand to move in the lives of my students; at least in the dramatic ways I am seeking Him for! Of course the daily signs of humility and hunger for righteousness, keep me coming back day after day!
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One of my courses that I teach all of the students effort of learning isn’t there. They do not really care or want to try. It’s very discouraging because as an educator my heart hurts because I do not want to see them fail, but as I have told them to check their hearts and realize that it starts with them, and to ask God to change their way of thinking about Math, I have noticed a shift in the course and students are becoming more engaged and taking charge of their learning.
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I currently have the privilege of mentoring and teaching a Christian educator in the Word and its application to her everyday life and her work as an educator. I was discouraged by the slowness to engage in the tasks assigned for homework and wondered about the hunger she had to grow for God’s glory, her benefit, and that of her students. However, being encouraged to remember that the work we do is holy and made effective by the Holy Spirit, I prayed. I have seen God transform my heart and approach, as well as hers. We’re now engaging in the study at a greater depth and frequency, in part because of her initiative. God be praised!
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There is a student who has been at our school since kindergarten, but did not return this year for 5th grade. I, however, am a 5th grade teacher at our church and he is in our course. He is very disruptive in order to get attention from the other students. It can be frustrating, but I have to keep my focus on Jesus and firmly, yet lovingly tell him of the choices that he should be making to honor God and others.
Since God is the potter and we are the clay, I pray that He is molding me into His image more every day. I am in a refining process just as my students are. This student is crying out and I pray that He receives what he is looking for in Jesus. He also will mature and grow through the years and learn more appropriate ways to get attention, like serving.
