I was the new teacher in the English department, and at 26, fresh out of grad school, this was my first full-time teaching assignment. I was assigned four classes of senior English and was told my the campus principal, “Your job, Mr. Jones, is to ensure that these young adults graduate and are prepared for the real world. Make it happen.”“Yes sir, I told him. He then told me that I had quite a bit of leeway as far as instruction, materials studied, and even classroom management. He said that it was my class, my students, and my responsibility.Things well very well for the first few weeks. I was curious as to why all four of my classes were predominately senior girls (all of them at least 18, with a few 19 year olds as well). I asked the department head about this, and she told me, “Most of the young ladies in your class were supposed to graduate last year, but they all had challenges. Mainly too many tardies, not doing their work, stuff like that. Your job is to
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