As an African American teacher, I have always strived to be the best teacher to all my students. I have always chosen to work in low income area schools, because I felt the children their needed me more. As the years go by, I have become more frustrated with my African American students. When I pass by the office, who do I see sitting in the principal office. When it comes to testing, who receives the lowest test scores. Well you may think of every excuse in the book, but we have nobody to blame but ourselves. When I call an African American parent about their child's behavior and grades, I rarely get a response. If their child accuses someone of hitting them, I hear from them immediately. Why is it that I only hear from African American parents when something bad goes down. When it comes to talk to the teacher night, family night, math night, reading night, other races are there in abundance. Less than 10% of African American parents show up. Do we care about our children performance in school? We need to be more concerned with their grades and behavior and little less concerned with all that other mess.