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Table Talk – Why Teachers Quit by Andy Kerckhoff

Today’s Table Talk is by the MOAT’s good friend Andy Kerckhoff. He’s in the trenches and on the front-lines having been an educator for almost 20 years. He loves kids and is invested in raising a generation equipped and strong to do all they were created to do. Here’s a piece from a longer article Andy has written regarding teachers and their struggles to keep on keepin’ on. He’s got a good word for us as parents. Might we have ears to hear and conviction to teach our kids a little about respect. Thanks for sharing Andy … and thanks for walking the road with me. -Kay The Great Frustration of Feeling Underappreciated and Disrespected Perhaps the most frustrating problem in the classroom is disinterested and disrespectful students. It’s hard enough to manage 25 motivated students, but

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Table Talk: Growing Up Too Fast, by Andy Kerckhoff

Today’s Table Talk is by our friend Andy Kerckhoff, the author of the blog Growing Up Well. Being that he’s an educator, coach and parent, he’s smack dab in the center of things and always has something worth thinking about up his sleeve. Thanks Andy! … and thanks for walking the road with me. -Kay Growing Up Too Fast Every day I am amazed at how 13-year-olds are both incredibly immature and mature. With any group of seventh graders, there will be some kids with tremendous maturity and some with absolutely none. Even more amazing is how a single student can seem so mature one moment and so utterly immature the next moment. It’s a paradox that makes my job as a father, teacher, and coach constantly interesting and challenging. This is not a new phenomenon, but I think it has grown from a simple stage of development to a

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Table Talk – The Value of Pain

Today’s Table Talk is by author of the blog “Growing Up Well”. He’s a good friend of my brother and just happens to be MOAT friends Ann & Nancy’s cousin. He’s in the trenches with tween/teen kids and offers great insight into issues they face. Thanks for sharing! … and thanks for walking the road with me. -Kay As I walk through the halls after school, there is a barrage of faces along my path. Some I know well; some I don’t know at all. Some are happy; some look very frustrated. But all of these kids have stories inside. Some of their stories are silly — full of joy from a life yet unblemished by heartache or tragedy. And some have stories they keep to themselves because they are not the kind that they want to tell or others want to hear. There are some broken kids out there,

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Table Talk – Prepare Your Children, Protection and provision are not enough

Today’s Table Talk is by a terrific blogger who provides interesting, insightful and relevant articles on raising kids in today’s society. I hope you enjoy what he shares with us today. Thanks for walking the road with me. -Kay “Here’s the paradox: If we protect our children too absolutely, we actually end up exposing them to other risks. And leave them without the skills, experiences, and minor life lessons that they’ll need to handle the big challenges as they grow up.” (Perri Klass, M.D.) http://www.parenting.com/article/Toddler/Development/Are-You-Overprotecting-Your-Child/2 When children are very young, they must be protected and nurtured in absolutely every way. An infant is helpless and needy at all times. He must be fed, clothed, changed, transported, and even cajoled

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