SIGNED - RB Jaylin Bradley

BigRedBuster said:
Nebfanatic said:
MyBloodIsRed16 said:
Most of my family are teachers. My father just retired as a HS teacher and football coach. He always told his players they are students first. He would also tell players (usually ones crying about a bad grade) he never gave a student a grade. They earned whatever grade they got. Yes some kids aren't as smart as others but I've seen kids who want to be eligible put in a lot of effort to keep up their grades. As far as the system failing kids thats BS. I've seen parents come in and defend their kids to the end that their kid is an angel and the teachers are just out to get them. Not much you can say when the parents are just as ignorant as the kid. If his coaches were on top of things it should have never got to this point. If they tried then it's on this kid and it's his own fault
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the thing is you can't rely on parents to teach work ethic and good morals and if the kid doesn't learn that from parents or early schooling, it will effect them and they will be that "bad student" when really no one showed them how to be a good one. Not saying you are wrong, education is just a complicated subject. When a child fails, usually everyone is somewhat involved, parents, teachers and the child.
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You're right. Sometimes a teacher can positively affect a child when their parents are failing them. However, that job because exponentially tougher when the parents suck. Ultimately, if the parents suck and the teachers aren't able to reach the kid to make him/her improve, the majority of the fault still falls on the parents. It's the parent's job to make sure the child comes to school prepared to succeed and with the right attitude.
(no, this isn't any indication of how I feel about this kid's parents. I don't knot them at all or anything really about the situation. I'm talking in general)
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the thing that sucks is it is all a cycle usually. Bad parenting can create major problems in school and just about everything else with a child, including when they grow up and have a kid of their own. They still operate by the broken system they learned from their parents and pass it to their children unless the child is strong enough to go against what they were taught at an early age and can restructure how they operate and break the cycle. Bad parents make more bad parents who in turn make undisciplined and uninterested children. It's crazy how much parenting can effect outcomes in a child's life, but everything they know comes from the parents so it makes sense
Same disclaimer you posted, I don't know the parents so I'm not saying they are bad. Early struggles in school can be attributed to many things. The main thing is to not blame the child necessarily, because they have a reason for whatever they are doing wrong or poorly, and the root of the cause should be explored and exterminated rather than punishment for acts themselves

 
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Atbone95 said:
FWIW, (probably the wrong spot for this) I took a class with Terrell Newby. Teacher made everyone stand up in class and read. He can't read any better than my 10-year-old brother could.
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Harrison Beck couldn't either. I had Space Rocks for Rocks class with him back in the day.

 
Coaches promised the kid a while back that if Jaylin got his grades in order, he'd earn an offer. Jaylin assured them he would. Both sides held true to their words. Now Jaylin gets to live out his dream. Could not be happier for the kid.

 
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