The week started off with finishing the presentations, including my part about things we can do in the  classroom to help students with ADHD.  I felt like I was a little rushed in what I wanted to share with the class because the rest of the presentation had already taken about 10 minutes the previous class period, and I didn't want to be the reason we received a lower grade for going well over our allotted time.  I tried to get the class involved and engaged, and although I seemed to have most everyone's attention, only a few people were willing to respond to my questions.  I did appreciate those that were really trying to think about what I was teaching, and hope that some of the classroom tips that I share will be useful to them later on.  This was actually what I was doing for my Higher, Wider, Deeper, so I appreciated the opportunity to share what I had learned from my research and interviews.  

For the rest of the week we focused on abuse and what our responsibilities are as teachers if we see evidence of abuse occurring.   I was a little intimidated at first because of the 24 hours we have to report abuse, yet we needed to have good evidence before actually reporting it.  I am feeling a little more confident now after going over it with these past class periods.  I have come to realized that essentially, if I see good enough evidence that could be abuse I need to report it within those 24 hours.  Then the agency, or my superiors at the school, will inform me the next steps I need to take to further document the evidence.  As I have continued to think about it, I think that if we follow the spirit in each situation we will know the right thing to do, even if it's hard to do.  We won't be lead astray if we follow the spirit.  These children need a champion even if it seems like we are the bad guys by reporting it.  They are helpless to do much about changing their situations, so we have to look out for them.  I'm finding out that teaching is much more complex than just teaching reading and arithmetic to children!