Were you ever a student in middle school who loved being at school? No class could ruin the fun you had with your friends. That is until you had that one class where the teacher seemed to have a grudge against you. No matter what you did he/she would give the worst grade possible. That one teacher would ruin every essay you did even after the class. That young kid was me! I was the short, tan, curly haired kid who thought he had it made. The class I took was called Holocaust Art, which took place in my seventh grade year while attending Orangeburg Preparatory School. I can remember the school had white brick walls with a small red stripe inside all the buildings. The white makes me think of the possibly soulless teacher Mrs. Marie Craft. Not …show more content…
Craft’s class is where my story comes into action about how and why I began to dislike any form of essay or short story assignments. Even though the class was originally supposed to be an art class, I ended up writing more essays in that class than in my English class. Not having an actual art class bummed me out since I was really good at drawing. I wasn’t the only student who did not like Mrs. Craft. Statistics showed that 67% of our class had a lowered GPA due to her course. The statistics were given out during a board meeting to discuss what should be done about the situation. My father was and still is a board member at Orangeburg Preparatory School and that is how I discovered those stats. The essay that changed my opinion on ever wanting to write another essay was titled, “Where Would We Be without the Hindenburg.” This essay was supposed to be about a significant part of the Holocaust past that had to be at least five pages. It was only the rough draft, and yet I clearly remember getting the paper back with no marks on it at all. The grade I received for the “Rough Draft” was a seventy. I never thought you could be graded harshly on a rough draft. I asked her what was wrong with my essay since she had not placed any marks on my paper. Mrs. Craft said, “Figure it out yourself since you are the one who made the errors.” So, I went back to my desk with a disgusted feeling in my
Just like Rose, I did not bother switching classes and I continued with the enrollment. Rose and I both made the best of the situation but I knew I was not meant to be in that class. I achieved exceptional test scores and wrote unbelievable papers in that class. My teacher for 8th grade English was the exact opposite of a literacy sponsor. My English teacher closely resembled that of Roses’ teacher Brother Dill. My teacher was exceedingly unenthusiastic about his job and the capabilities of his students. He did not teach me to succeed but to only pass by the bare minimum. He tore apart the essays I wrote and broke down my literacy confidence. Throughout this I maintained a empowering spirit about my writing and reading
In fifth grade, I had a teacher by the name of Mrs. Sera. Even typing her name gives me this cold feeling inside; she eerily resembles Miss Viola Swamp from the children’s book Miss Nelson is Missing. Viola Swamp was “the meanest substitute teacher in the whole world.” Mrs. Sera, on the other hand, my full-time educator and seemingly just as mean. She had a long pointy chin, a fairly large nose, and extremely thin lips that rarely ever smiled just like Miss Swamp. During this year leading up to middle school, I struggled in every subject: math, science, social studies, and language arts. The only parts of the day I succeeded in were recess and lunch. I remember one day, I had a test in science. I received a 23%. This is still the lowest grade
We seem to have gotten off on the wrong foot at the start of this year. My first semester in this class was rough to say the least. I spent the entire first marking period trying to get caught up on the summer work for a class I didn't even want to take, but couldn't switch out of. The second marking period was better. What brought me down there were, quite frankly, the useless and unnecessary blog posts. There is no better textbook definition of "busywork". I can write you another email dedicated to this atrocity. Every blog post I made was complete nonsense and I'm sorry you had to read them. There was also the matter of the Frankenstein DIscussion grade. I got a failing grade on that assignment? An assignment that is majority participation? When I asked you about it, you said that my contributions to the conversation were not in-depth enough. I simply nodded, smiled, and went on my way. To myself, I thought, "That feedback was awful." Isn't the purpose of a discussion to share ideas? What were my contributions missing that warranted a failing grade? I still believe that I was one of the handful of students that contributed my genuine thoughts and ideas to the conversation. I can name names of students who just went to the analysis section of the Sparknotes and read from it verbatim to sound intelligent. I know this because I read the Sparknotes as well, but didn't use that information in the discussion unless it came up organically. I
I was a typical 6th grader with a love for social time and hatred towards pointless homework. As I was tapping my foot on my creaking wooden desk with my book opened pretending to read, Mr. Daniels was watching over me like a bird that just gave birth to chicken eggs. I had a feeling she was going to ask me a question about what I was reading. I realized from that point on to always trust my instincts. Mrs. Daniels tall toothpick shaped body leaned over and asked me to summarize the first chapter in front of the whole class. Due to not even beginning to read the first page I told her I did not even know where to begin. Since I was not prepared for class, not participating, and being rude about my task at hand I received a punishment. My punishment was every week I had to write a summary in my own words about the chapter I had read. My eyes rolled in the back of my head so far I didn't know if they would ever go back to normal. I knew my life was over at this
The movie “The Class Divided” was a very inspirational movie because it taught a lesson on discrimination and racism. The film covers Jane Elliot experience with the “eye-color” exercise and it shows how the participants responded to being a victim of discrimination. The teacher who came up with the exercise was a third grade –teacher that wanted to explain to her kids the reasons behind Martin Luther King death. She divided each class she taught up by their eye color and treated them according to whatever eye color was more superior that day. Her lesson influenced and inspired the younger kids and older adults because it taught them a life learning lesson that could stick with them for years to come.
With my experience with a bad teacher was when I took precalculus and everything that was taught in class was through the textbook. Every time a student has asked for help, we were always told to read the textbook or to attend tutoring. Correspondingly, all the students became frustrated and had to teach each other in a study group or come to ask another precalculus teacher to explain. Teachers who constantly tell students that they are wrong, make the student feel stupid and inferior, therefore making the student loath the class or teacher. Additionally, teachers who want it their way, tend to make it difficult for students that don’t understand the
These are also the characters that will eventually provide you a challenge of whose smarter or who can get the coveted position of valedictorian. But, they aren’t the ones you truly need to fear, that title is reserved for those labeled as teachers. In high school, your teacher could be the kryptonite to your future. You might end up with the nice teachers who are truly focused on your education or you could end up with those teachers that remind you of monsters that you needed to fear in children’s stories. Those are the ones the final bosses of each level of your high school game.
Well, she got ahold of my paper and just completely tore it apart piece by piece and what I took away from that experience is I am just stupid. That experience made me hate the reading and writing solely because it was related to that teacher. I as well mentally drew a parallel between reading and writing and feeling stupid and so I figured the further I could stay away the better off and the happier off I would be. So, I squeaked through high school and like all good things high school ended and
Colleges are now making it too easy for students showering them with A’s they don’t deserve at all. All students want to do is to figure out the easy way, don’t study and wine all about it when they don’t get the grade that they want without trying or putting any effort. So instead they would encourage the teacher to try to change it. However I’m a student at Camden County College and I have taken some courses, and I don’t think this essay is true at all. Three of my personal experiences to support my side of the argument are trying to get an A in my math class was very difficult for me, demanding to get straight A’s in my first and second semester in college was hard for me, and struggling to get a perfect A in my biology class.
A high school class and a college class are conducted in different ways. In high school, teachers exercise control over the flow of information, while college professors encourage the student to seek out pertinent information. Throughout the year, a high school teacher will remind the student of upcoming due dates and assignment requirements. If a student misses a test or homework assignment, the teacher will provide missing notes or study guides so that the student is kept up to date with the rest of the class. For example; when I was in high school, I missed a week of school to go on vacation with my family. My mother spoke with my teacher before we left and he agreed to let me turn in my homework when I returned to class. Furthermore, my teacher allowed me to make up the single quiz that I missed during my absence. Neither the late homework, nor the missed quiz reflected in my grade. A college professor would have made me choose between a good grade and a vacation with my family. In contrast, the college professor...
For my assignment I have decided to choose a group which I have just finished taking for level 1 Hairdressing and they have progressed on to level 2 Hairdressing. This is within my current role as a hairdressing lecturer at Hugh Baird College which I have done since October. Within this group there are a couple of people who have support workers. There is one student within the group who has severe learning difficulties and is a more mature student. She also has many health problems which results in her having to carry an oxygen tank around for when she has any problems with her breathing due to her having problems with her heart. There is also another student in the class who has learning difficulties, she is very clever but just needs someone there for when she needs something explaining. She also has a support worker that comes in to give her support. This student has also been going through personal problems at home and has attendance issues. There is another student within this group who has severe dyslexia. She doesn’t have a support worker but the support people who are in there do give her help as she can have a tendency to give up, not to listen and just needs to be kept on track so by sitting next to a person that does have a support worker she gets the help from them. These three students have all had their level 1 qualification extended for a year were the rest of the group have progressed on to level 2 Hairdressing. Two of these students may progress on to level 2 but one doesn’t have the ability to be able to do this as the requirements are too high for her. The reason the course was extended for them was because they were struggling with the work that was required for this qualification, but as the col...
Due to this practicum course, I have been working for the Detroit tigers since May 16 2016 until August 13 2016. The Detroit tigers employed me as an Intern Certified Athletic Trainer for the minor league system; specially to perform my duties for the Gulf Coast League during the respective season, and to assist the Minor League Medical Coordinator / Rehabilitation coordinator; Corey Tremble, on his daily duties. The sports medicine staff is in charge on the injury prevention, first response, injury assessment, treatment and rehabilitation, and organization and administration duties.
Overall my experience of being in Lingleville ISD was a great experience that allowed me to learn a lot not only about the students in the classroom, but also helped me learn a lot about myself. Going in to this classroom I expected to only learn things about classroom management and maybe a few strategies. After spending a few days in this room I learned many other things. I did learn about classroom management but I also learned about content, strategies, organization, lesson planning, and inclusion adaptations. I learned that an inclusion special education student can really thrive being in a mainstream classroom, not only academically but also socially. It was a wonderful learning opportunity to get to be a part of that. My mentor teacher
I will fund my exhibit through donations and sales. I would reach out to the community, explain my exhibit and ask for donations, but I would primarily generate revenue through selling items related to the exhibit like prints of the works being shown, creative posters, key chains, t-shirts and other mementos. Additionally, I would have bake sales and fairs and other activities of a similar nature.
In this course I experienced an important change in my beliefs about teaching; I came to understand that there are many different theories and methods that can be tailored to suit the teacher and the needs of the student. The readings, especially those from Lyons, G., Ford, M., & Arthur-Kelly, M. (2011), Groundwater-Smith, S., Ewing, R., & Le Cornu, R. (2007), and Whitton, D., Barker, K., Nosworthy, M., Sinclair, C., Nanlohy, P. (2010), have helped me to understand this in particular. In composing my essay about teaching methods and other themes, my learning was solidified, my knowledge deepened by my research and my writing skills honed.