Show & Tell in a High School Class: Introduction

Each day three to five students will be sharing a show and tell until everyone (36 students) in two classes has taken a turn. I totally expected a variety of stuffed animals or electronic gadgets however peppered in with those items have been items attached to heartbreaking and unbelievable stories. By far the most common item has been obituaries.... Grandmas, Mom's, Cousins... Dads.....

What has taken place for most of the students is a window into their life where they are freely sharing their heart ache with the entire class. After the show & tell time we continue with our scheduled classwork, but often my heart is aching for theses young lives who have experienced so much. At the end of the day I sit... grieved....for this pocket of society.. for this generation... and I am challenged to speak words of hope to those who will hear. The following will be the stories of our Show & Tell