EP163 I was a disengaged student who nearly failed high school
Angela Watson's Truth for Teachers
Angela Watson
4.8 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 28 April 2019
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
This is not a guest interview — it's my story.
That kid in your class who learns differently and feels impossible to reach within the structures of how we do school? That kid could have been me.
That kid who has side conversations all the time and doesn't follow directions? That kid could have been me, too.
That kid who skips class and seems totally disinterested in your lessons — the one who's flunking out and doesn't seem like they'll ever amount to anything? That kid could have *definitely* been me.
Listen in as I publicly share my own journey as a student for the first time.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to episode 163 of Angela Watson's Truth for Teachers. |
| 0:06.0 | I'm your host Angela Watson and I'm here to speak life, encouragement, and truth into the minds and hearts of educators and get you energized for the week ahead. |
| 0:17.0 | Today I'm going to share a bit about my personal journey as a student and the struggles that I had in school. |
| 0:23.0 | Visit truth for teachers.com to get the transcript or to share your thoughts in the comments. |
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| 1:07.2 | So I could tell you the story of an anonymous child who had multiple diagnoses and was super disengaged in school but later became a |
| 1:11.8 | teacher, an instructional coach. |
| 1:14.1 | And then I could do a big reveal at the end, |
| 1:16.0 | that student was me. |
| 1:17.7 | But I will skim that drama and tell you up front, |
| 1:20.7 | because I think there's actually enough drama in the story itself. |
| 1:24.3 | Yes, that student was me. And honestly, it's more complicated than that. I don't know necessarily that this will be a particularly inspiring or uplifting story. |
| 1:36.5 | And it's not going to be easy for me to tell it to you either, which is why I've never done it before. |
| 1:41.6 | I'm not proud of a lot of the things that happened and |
| 1:44.8 | a lot of the choices that I made. And it brings up a lot of complex emotions when I |
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