A teacher in South Carolina is helping instill confidence in at-risk children and working to mold them into young gentlemen during the winter break.
Raymond Nelson, who is the student support specialist at a school in South Carolina, has formed a “Gentlemen’s Club” for fifth graders. Every Wednesday.
Nelson teaches them basic life lessons and helps them dress for success, reported CBS News. Nelson is keen to be a father figure to the at-risk kids in the community.
Nelson, who’s a teacher at Memminger Elementary in Downtown Charleston, says the club’s motto is: “Look good, feel good, do good.”
Nelson believes a good part of your confidence comes from wearing good clothes and knowing how to present yourself and act around other people. Close to 60 students turn up at Memminger Elementary School every Wednesday.
He is keen to teach kids similar invaluable life skills that will stand them in good stead in the future. “I was thinking maybe if I have the boys dress for success,” Nelson told WCSC-TV.
“When was the last time you saw someone fighting in a tuxedo?” They also get life lessons like cleaning their neighborhood and watering plants.
He is aware that many of them don’t have the support they need, at home. Nelson said that he wants to guide them.
“I know a lot of them struggle because a lot of them don’t have men at home, so I just want them to grow up and think of the things that I teach them,” said Nelson. “They like the reaction of walking up to classrooms and say, ‘Oh, you look so nice and handsome,’ they just love it.”
Nelson himself benefitted from one such group, where he had joined at the request of his mother. “It helped me to be a better man and I could spread the knowledge to the young boys,” he said.
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