ch 4 notes

As a student you encounter different problems or difficulties which can help to go the wrong way.  As a teacher, you will see the student that seems does not need anything to the student that needs everything.  The parents might work full time and unintentianally do not pay attention to their children like they are suppose to.  A teacher should try to understand the different situations and have conferences with the parents.  Children parents who do not have money might miss class and have academic problems.  Any kind of abuse should be reported.  Schools should have a safe environment for their student

ch 4 journal reflections

Drop out is a big problem when it comes to a community that is low in resources.  Many do not see the way out therefore they decide to believe that there is no way out.  As a result, they do what their friends are doing which can be drugs or alcohol and girls decide to get pregnant at a young age and live of her husband check with a minimun wage salary.  I would suggest that teachers in these communities should try to motive their students to keep studying by showing them what is out there for them if get a college degree.  Invite speakers and give a speech about how many doors can open if you have a college degree.  We cannot let the children to find the easy way out.   Teacher can ask for fundings and help their student identify what they want to major in and what college they want to attend.  After gathering this information, teachers can help the students find information about what they need in order to study and attend where they want.  This will give them a head start in their journay. 

journal reflection 1

One of many characteristics of my most significant teacher was that she never gave up on the class.  She would motivate us to learn, and did not let us think we could not do it.  She was a math teacher, and before I got to her class I hated math.   She taught me how to love the subject and not see it like an enemy because like she would say "you will do math until the day you die" and it is true.  She would not let us stay behind; she had the motivation to keep pushing us.  I think these characteristics are important to input in a class because the children see the effort the teacher put into the classroom therefore there is going to be positive responds.  These characteristics help a child feel motivated to learn and when a child learns that child is one step closer to what he is going to be. 

chapter 1 summary

This chapter talks about what it "takes" to be a teacher.  When you go into this profession, you will find people that will tell you that teaching was the best choice they have done and find others that say if they could do it again they would not pick this profession.  In order to be the person that says that teaching was the best profession they picked you have to be sure this is the profession for you.  Being a teacher, even though is not consider to be a profession with power, has a lot of influence when it comes to a child therefore a teacher can be a positive turning point in a childs life.