There are so many things going on and of course, the craziness begins.....the end of the school year approaches.  Teachers and students are anxiously awaiting summer break.  I'm just hoping to keep myself intact and not let my mouth say everything that I absolutely want to say.  Today, I tried to combat this possible approach by listening to my Joyce Meyer CD....Has Anyone Seen My Mind.  I must admit that my day was not quite as hectic as I thought it would be considering the current time period.  I tried all day to remember the lesson.  "I can't change people to be who I want them to be."  "Sometimes rescuing others is actually hurting them." 

I related the second statement to one of my students.  He has always rushed through his work, never checked over it, and makes an endless array of careless mistakes.  His parents would send emails, and I would assign peer tutors or whatever intervention I thought would work.  This nine weeks, at my wits end with him academically and behaviorally, I told him that it was over.  I had given him several chances, written a wonderful behavior plan (that he ignored), and given his parents several suggestions for help at home.  However, it was now his turn to do his part.  In other words, helping him was actually hurting him.  He thought I would always rescue him. 

Today, I received an email from his parent requesting solutions for his problem.  My response this time was not sugar coated.  The only solution is for this student to take responsibility.  He has to make the right choice.  I can't help him anymore when he decides to take the wrong path.  I'm sure the parents are not going to like that answer because these days everything is supposed to be given to the student, but I haven't seen the parents taking any initiative.  Hopefully, he will learn a lesson, just as I have from this situation.  Sometimes, we are our own solution.