Black and White

I am a believer! Since I have taken on the role as Dean of Students at Canton High School, I have seen the grey in education. Grey is everywhere. I have also seen others try to be black and white with discipline and their educational philosophy. Those individuals can turn students away in a heartbeat and get little results. I have learned so much in past 4 months. I have also realized the number of people involved in an issue directly relates to how grey the issue becomes. For example, the facebook “hate” page issue dealt with a middle school student, 3 high school students, county deputy, school resource officer, high school administration, and the off-campus college faculty and administration. This incident took around 11-12 hours of discussion, phone calls, and paperwork before it was finally over. It was very difficult to get anything else accomplished over a 3-day span. During this time, I realized that one of my areas to work on is how to prioritize my job duties.