Being Family with Dr Wayne Fox

Children we talk about poverty you know but these kids would come into the classroom and they would give you the shirt off their back you know they if they had potato chips or if they had you know something she’ll say you know they would say here that have some of mine or here have something you know and it was you know it was nice to see that sharing and that generosity and you know some of the teachers would say 10 my kids don’t have it my kids but if you actually took a look at it and that little cultural piece of sharing in that generosity is still there because this of the classes that I’ve always had they looked at each other as a family you know and i think i was able to bring that whole class together as a family and kind of connect each and every one of them you don’t this is what this is who you are this is where you’re from and I’ll always as a teacher I’ve always made that one of my points to make sure to know that family to know what you know and to say a you know how’s your mom or how’s your dad like this morning I had a student my very first student that’s not next to me when you guys are speaking and you know and you know I was one of the things you know us you know I said well how’s your dad you know it’s tough you know I we still have that connectiveness of you know that you know sharing that generosity now once again that i understanding you know um you know once again of who we are