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You may be wondering: How? How do I connect with a kid who is pushing me away? How do I connect, when in that very moment I’d rather scream? Or even, How am I supposed to connect with this kid, when right now, I don’t even like him? These questions are based in the reality of day-to-day interactions with students who display behaviors that sometimes make us want to pull out our hair. I offer two solutions. First, we must take time to learn about our students. I recently spoke with an elementary school principal who said that he was going to encourage all of his teachers to write down three things that they knew about their students’ lives outside of school. He emphasized that he did not want them to write what they assumed, but rather what they really knew. Inevitably there will be some students about whom teachers have no knowledge, other than their experience of those students at school. Gaining this knowledge will provide teachers with insight into the human being behind the behavior, the story behind the student. Seeking to learn more about our students is valuable in helping us, as educators, to better support, guide, and teach them so that they can make responsible choices.