Things students with anxiety wish their teachers understood. The one thing a teacher should understand is that calling on someone with social anxiety is a nightmare.

I wish some of my teachers would show some compassion instead of assuming everything is just an excuse.

To educate requires Galileo-like patience. Today, when I look my students in the eyes, all I see are constellations. If you take the time to connect the dots, You can plot the true shape of their genius — Shining in their darkest hour. I teach in hopes of turning content, into rocket ships — Tribulations into telescopes, So a child can see their potential from right where they stand. An injustice is telling them they are stars Without acknowledging night that surrounds them. Injustice is telling them education is the key While you continue to change the locks.

Secondary students in high-poverty schools are twice as likely as those in low-poverty schools to have a teacher who is not certified in the subject he or she teaches. - analysis of the 1999-2000 Schools and Staffing Survey by University of Pennsylvania's Richard Ingersoll for Quality Counts 2003

Students in high-poverty, high-minority schools are also more likely to be taught by an inexperienced teacher