my precious you......

Based on the novel Push, by Sapphire, this story is about Claireece Precious Jones, a morbidly obese black teen from a Welfare home. Precious has been abused her entire life, by both her father and her mother. He father’s abuse was sexual. Because of his rapes, Precious has two children by him. 

Precious is practically illiterate, yet in her inner city Harlem school, she’s considered a good student because she’s quiet and rarely causes any trouble. Her life changes, however, when school officials discover that she’s pregnant and is subsequently kicked out of school. Her only option is to attend an alternative school.
The alternative class is taught by Ms. Rain, who cares deeply about her students. Once Precious learns to trust and believe in Ms. Rain, she begins to believe in herself and starts to turn her life around.

Again…this is a story which represents students out there who involve in any problem about their life. As a teacher, we should be alert about their problems because some of them might be a sexual victim as Precious. We need to know their background so that it’s easy for us to contact their family if anything happened.