Chapter 4 Reflection
Jot down brief descriptions of the kinds of kids who provoke the following feelings in you:
1) Kids you find it easy to like:
I find it easy to like the kids who are self-motivated, but I’m also partial to the kids who are funny slackers. These are the kids who will get their work done in class, but they have to crack a few jokes with the teacher before they get it done.
2) Kids you find it hard to like:
The kids I find it hard to like are the ones who are smart enough to do the work, but don’t do anything in class. I’ve watched in my mentor teacher’s classroom where there are a handful of kids who are smarter than they are letting on and don’t do anything in class. They goof off and spend the in-class time they have talking to their neighbors.
3) Kids you are sorry for:
I feel sorry for the kids who are total outcasts in the class. The kids who may or may not have friends outside of class, but most definitely don’t have friends in class. I hate to see those kids who don’t get picked for partners and have to rely on the teacher to set them up with a group.
4) Kids you feel threatened by:
I feel threatened by students who challenge me both mentally and physically.
5) Kids you identify with:
I identify with the comedic slackers and the sarcastic individuals.
6) Kids you gravitate toward:
I gravitate towards a variety different students. I like the students who are quiet and funny and those who are sarcastic and a little bit moody.
7) Kids you feel inadequate around:
I feel inadequate around kids who have more knowledge in an area than I do. I want to have the information for my students, but eventually I’m going to come across a student who has more knowledge on a certain book than I do.
8) Kids you probably don’t even notice:
I don’t notice the kids who never come to class or if they do come to class sometimes and tend to sit in the back and never talk.
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Chapter 3 Reflection
Response to Reflection 3.10
The first time I met Christine she had come into the classroom of my mentor teacher asking for ideas for the schools newspaper. Moments earlier my mentor teacher and I had been discussing my assignment for Classroom Management to follow a student around the school for one day. When my mentor teacher saw Christine it was as though a light bulb when on over his head. He immediately asked Christine if I could follow her around for the day and she responded with the typical high school attitude of “who is this person and why does she have to follow me around?” Needless to say, I didn’t think she was up for it and figured I would be following another student, but I was pleasantly surprised when she walked into the classroom the next week ready and willing to show me around.
The impression I got of Christine is that she is a very bright student with goals and very self-confident. Of the four classes I observed with her only one of the classes wasn’t an advanced class. When I asked Christine what she planned on doing after high school the answer was one I expected. She wants to go to college, but isn’t sure for what yet. I understood, she is only a sophomore and when I was a sophomore I was still unsure of what I wanted to study in college.
I know that I was suppose to ask one of her teachers what they thought Christine would do after high school, but I didn’t feel I needed to after introducing myself. When I introduced myself I would tell them my name and who I was following. As soon as I said Christine’s name every single one of them made some comment as to how great a student she is and how motivated she is in class. Every single teacher would tell me I got a great student to follow around for the day and I think that speaks volumes about their opinion of her and where she is going in life. I’m confident that every single one of Christine’s teachers would tell me that after high school she would be going to college.
Now that I really have a chance to think about it I wish I had been set up with what some of the teacher may have seen as an “average” student. I think the reactions I would have gotten from the teachers would have been really interesting. It would have been interesting to see what subjects that student was strong in and which classes they were weak in and how that might have changed any given teacher’s response to the question. Do teachers base their opinions on where a student will go after high school based on that student performance in their class? I think a number of teachers would base their evaluation of the student on how they performed in their class and maybe wouldn’t know how they were doing in other classes.
The first time I met Christine she had come into the classroom of my mentor teacher asking for ideas for the schools newspaper. Moments earlier my mentor teacher and I had been discussing my assignment for Classroom Management to follow a student around the school for one day. When my mentor teacher saw Christine it was as though a light bulb when on over his head. He immediately asked Christine if I could follow her around for the day and she responded with the typical high school attitude of “who is this person and why does she have to follow me around?” Needless to say, I didn’t think she was up for it and figured I would be following another student, but I was pleasantly surprised when she walked into the classroom the next week ready and willing to show me around.
The impression I got of Christine is that she is a very bright student with goals and very self-confident. Of the four classes I observed with her only one of the classes wasn’t an advanced class. When I asked Christine what she planned on doing after high school the answer was one I expected. She wants to go to college, but isn’t sure for what yet. I understood, she is only a sophomore and when I was a sophomore I was still unsure of what I wanted to study in college.
I know that I was suppose to ask one of her teachers what they thought Christine would do after high school, but I didn’t feel I needed to after introducing myself. When I introduced myself I would tell them my name and who I was following. As soon as I said Christine’s name every single one of them made some comment as to how great a student she is and how motivated she is in class. Every single teacher would tell me I got a great student to follow around for the day and I think that speaks volumes about their opinion of her and where she is going in life. I’m confident that every single one of Christine’s teachers would tell me that after high school she would be going to college.
Now that I really have a chance to think about it I wish I had been set up with what some of the teacher may have seen as an “average” student. I think the reactions I would have gotten from the teachers would have been really interesting. It would have been interesting to see what subjects that student was strong in and which classes they were weak in and how that might have changed any given teacher’s response to the question. Do teachers base their opinions on where a student will go after high school based on that student performance in their class? I think a number of teachers would base their evaluation of the student on how they performed in their class and maybe wouldn’t know how they were doing in other classes.
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