Don’t predetermine a student’s future success by what you’ve heard about their past struggles. Each student deserves the chance for a fresh start.

@justintarte Each “student” should be replaced with each “person”

@justintarte On the first day of school everyone has 100 percent attendance, a perfect achievement record, and no discipline incidents. #perspective

@justintarte @jlun13 Talked about fresh starts yesterday in class!!

@justintarte I’m fact, you can BE that fresh start for them. This is the nonsense narrative I jump on most quickly if a colleague starts describing past history in the first days of a student being in their class. So unnecessary.

@justintarte This is so true. Students can mature, change and use their talents to the best of their abilities during summer. I would go on to say that they could even do it in a time period way shorter than that!

@justintarte Sometimes they just need someone to give them a chance and believe in them to turn things around.

@justintarte This was always my mantra to our staff! It makes a huge difference to give all a fresh start each year! Be the teacher that they can trust and feel supported!

@justintarte Well said. The past cannot be changed so let’s focus on the future of a student. Besides, the student can be a different person now.