David Zarate
Patton Springs ISD · Texas
- Grades:
- 3–6
- Subject(s):
- English language arts and social studies
A note from David
We live an hour and 20 min from the closest Walmart, the school is 20 min from a convenience store. Most of these kids come from broken homes, severely impoverished, school funding is not available. Everything our students need we must come up with. I am an army veteran, pastor, husband for 24 years, father to 5 children. I have multiple Master’s degrees to include Clinical Mental Health Counseling. The school asked if I wouldn’t mind teaching because they had a difficult time finding applicants for such a remote area. I never understood the expense and weight teachers carried until I started putting the classroom together. These are bright kids, but when you hear a tummy grumbling as you sit next to them to do instruction, it is devastating. In my classroom, I believe in acceptance, unconditional love and acceptance. No child should feel like a burden or unwanted. I also believe a hungry belly is a distracted mind.
A book David recommends
The bad guys series
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