RE: BLUEBERRIES
This article was about a teacher who thought that he had full interest in his students and thought that he was that teacher who really cared for his students. He ends up realizing that they are all different and he really never noticed that before.
I am saying now that I will be that teacher!!
I grew up in a school where it was so big and the teachers never really got to know their students…almost like the U of L or other universities and we are one of the smaller ones. I hated it. I never felt like I needed to care cause my teacher didn’t. So why should I try if he doesn’t even want to teach me as a person.
Ever since then, I have started caring more, getting better grades and I am sure that it has to do with the classes where the teacher actually cares. I feel as though all students are different in their own way. As a teacher you don’t have to go to the extent of changing all you lessons so that there are 38 different lessons per class, but you can alter each day to relate to different students. I think that this would be the way to go and take time to really get to know them or be able to talk to them about something different than the lessons that they are learning. This would be a great thing because then they know that you re recall care about them and there is nothing better for the student to know then that.
posted by ~ dalyce @ 12:41 PM
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Dalyce,
Your comments run parallel with my orientation day experience (earlier today.) I was observing a small class of Grade 7 students in Language Arts. They're coded children with mild to moderate learning disabilities. You can tell that school really isn't their thing. But their teacher was SO involved with them, it was electric! They ate up every word he said. And these were clearly the "under achievers." He is truly interested in their learning and, more importantly, their lives. Caring about kids brings so much to the table as you help them to become better learners. You can't do that if you don't engage with them. I'm going to do what said: care more.
Just like Kade said with the "under achievers eating it up"
any kid needs a positive role model and the way to be the role model is to listen to the kids. they will tell you what they want you to tell them.
in my orientation I had a grade 6 guy come up to me and ask if I could take a year off school what would I do? I aked him, as an adult, or as a grade 6 student? he said as a grade 6.
As I thought about it, I gazed around the room and noticed that all the kids were looking at me waiting for my answer.
I smiled and said sit in front of the Tv, with a Nintendo Wii and a big bowl of Strawberry jello, oh and a chocolate milk.
then he smiled and walked away with his mission accomplished.
Kids want and want, all you have to do is listen and answer, give them your history and knowledge and you will have a fan club.
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