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[awest1217]

Surprising development yesterday. I was talking to H about his day and mine when he starts talking about next year. He is trying to decide if he should stay at the grade where he is or move up one grade because the defacto leader at the grade where he is at is not the best teacher and he feels she is bringing him down.

Through the conversation I told him how much confidence I have in him and his ability to teach (he may be a poor H and father, but he is an awesome teaacher). He then let me know that it meant a lot to him and that he thought I had no faith in him after he got fired from his first teaching job. I told him that I never lost faith in him and always have thought he was a good teacher. The school that fired him was stupid and fired him for stupid reasons like because he had the kids up and moving around to learn instead of doing wksts (he taught 1st grade at the time).

I let him know I was sorry for not letting him know how proud of him I was then and not supporting him enough. He is a very proud person and was kind of cocky coming out of college thinking he would get a job right away and be the best teacher in all the world, but when he didn't get a job then got fired, it knocked him down a few rungs, which definitely could have lead to where we are today. He was depressed and upset about not providing, but he needed to be knocked down because he was too cocky and everything was always given to him on a silver platter. He is now succeeding and me telling him how proud I am of his teaching accomplishments meant a lot to him.

Nothing earth shattering, but maybe going to rehab is getting at his core issues? Maybe not? I am not going to hold out any hope right now, but at least it was something.