'Without the unyielding support and undying faith of my mother, I would be dead or in jail right now. She was more than my cheerleader; she was my reason to keep trying.'
grade before landing in juvenile detention for the first time. Soon after the second time, I did something that got me expelled from school. At that point, my mom fought to get me an IEP and admittance to an NPS , where I was able to mellow it down for a couple years.
I have found that my honesty and my story touches a lot of students. So much so that a few weeks ago I was sitting with a student doing some content support after school when he looked up at me and said, “Mr. Beckett, I have something I want to tell you; something only my parents know.” He went on to tell me that he has ADHD and takes meds. He said that he told me because he knows I have it, too, and I would understand.
When I first became a teacher, my childhood friends and classmates couldn’t believe it. Likewise, my colleagues today don’t believe my history. Sometimes I don’t believe it myself.
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