“How do you come in the day after something like that has happened?' says teacher Davon Clarke. 'How do you comfort your students and try to let them know that things are going to be okay without ever really knowing if things are going to be okay?'
How do you comfort your students and try to let them know that things are going to be okay without ever really knowing if things are going to be okay?Suzette Aviles, 43, who has a six- and a 15-year-old, said her teenager was anxious heading to school Wednesday while her 6-year-old was curious about what had happened. She’d spent the evening and morning talking to them and trying to make them feel safe. But when she had a moment to herself, she broke down and cried.
“It's like Sandy Hook all over again,” she said. “I just have to put faith in the teachers in the school. I think they're doing absolutely everything that they could to protect our kids.” The news weighed on teachers, too. One burst into tears, saying only, “It’s really hard,” before darting into the school building.
Davon Clarke, a first and second grade teacher at the Children’s Workshop School in the East Village said he was struggling to come up with a credible message. “How do you come in the day after something like that has happened? And how do you comfort your students and try to let them know that things are going to be okay without ever really knowing if things are going to be okay?” he said. “My goal for today is just to be there for my students. Let them know that I care about them deeply and I will do my best to make sure that they're safe.
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