Teenage boys, in particular, from about the age of 5th grade on up, seem to feel life is grossly unfair (and it is!).  Many of my students live in a “sea not of their own making.”  No pretty metaphors can make it better, but…in their objections [insert eye rolls here] do not go unnoticed or unappreciated.  There’s nothing to do but dive in.  I wish I could reach them. but instead I’ll do my best to be present in their classroom lives.  That’s what all students deserve again, and again, and again.

Source: Again, and again, and again.