He is doomed to failure.
This statement from an actual teacher makes me sick to my stomach. Teachers should be people who want and believe in all their students in that they can be successful no matter what their circumstances, and really sometimes all it takes for that to happen is someone actually believing in them.
I walk back to the school with a million thoughts racing in my head. Aaron was at the top of my "kids who are struggling" list. He had just exposed me to a whole new world that I am not representing in my classro
I can't even imagine how fast her heart would be racing realizing her own misconceptions and maybe even sadness in thinking about not having certain representations in her class. This is just one student out of 28, who knows what else could be incorporated in the classroom!
ng. This is the child I viewed as struggling with literacy in the classroom. It is clear that he is totally literate in his world
It is so very important to remember that students come into schools with their own at-home literacies and that we shouldn't always make assumptions right away about students' abilities.
s. The students on the playground often wonder out loud when it will fall down since the building is in such poor re
This statement reminds me of how everyday I am learning in my practicum from the students in and out of my class that even the youngest of students pick up on so many things around them. Who would have even thought the students would even care about talking about such an old building!