A Novel Opportunity
Gordon has been an educator for 17 years. For the first sixteen years, he taught English exclusively to “at-risk” students with the last ten years teaching at a juvenile detention center. He is now a first year assistant administrator at an urban Title I school. The students who are labeled “at-risk” are his passion because they have been slighted for too long, told they couldn’t learn, or any number of other negative things that get stuck in their minds. All of these things can be undone, but only through the hard work of devoted teachers who understand the entire student and all of the events that impact their lives. Gordon is a chess addict, runs a small business with his wife, and lives a family-first lifestyle to the best of his ability. “Fear and uncertainty are often the first steps on the road towards personal growth.” ― Dee Waldeck There is no need to explain in great detail the obvious, but because of COVID-19, we are venturing into uncertain educational times.