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  • Martin Luther King Junior School
  • Yonkers, NY
  • Nearly all students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

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My students are 100% free lunch supported low income products of a poor and dangerous section of New York. They are limited in many ways except in how they love and how they learn. I have grown to love my students and I would think they feel the same about me. I try to give them the experiences I had as a young student within the means I can provide. But in our economic climate where kids worry if they will be warm at night or have enough to eat it's hard to ask for wants when you have needs! I used to think my students were lazy when they didn't do my homework. But I learned that when you are more worried about when lunch is served or if my classroom will be warm enough homework is the least of your worries. I asked my students "how do you learn best?" They said video games! I didn't grow up in the digital age they are in! So I got an old XBox for my class and everything changed! My kids were happier, grades improved, and we are learning more together everyday!!!

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My students are 100% free lunch supported low income products of a poor and dangerous section of New York. They are limited in many ways except in how they love and how they learn. I have grown to love my students and I would think they feel the same about me. I try to give them the experiences I had as a young student within the means I can provide. But in our economic climate where kids worry if they will be warm at night or have enough to eat it's hard to ask for wants when you have needs! I used to think my students were lazy when they didn't do my homework. But I learned that when you are more worried about when lunch is served or if my classroom will be warm enough homework is the least of your worries. I asked my students "how do you learn best?" They said video games! I didn't grow up in the digital age they are in! So I got an old XBox for my class and everything changed! My kids were happier, grades improved, and we are learning more together everyday!!!

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