Middle School Student Interview Essay

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The best way to learn about a person is to ask them questions. Future teachers ask the teachers before them questions to make them successful in educating the next generation. As adults, we believe that we know everything about people younger than us. However, as we are learning about middle level learners, the best source of information on some topics are middle school students. Through the interview of middle school students, I was able to gather data and analyze it, and I can use this information to influence my future practices as a teacher. Instead of interviewing students from my middle school clinical placement. I decided to ask questions of middle school students in China. This was an eye-opening experience for me, as the insights provided were different than the typical responses that would be expected of students in the United States. The questions asked included starting and ending times of the school, in addition to extracurricular activities offered by the school. The subjects offered to the students and the length of each class period were …show more content…

Even though, most of these middle school students enjoy coming to school every day and learning new things, school is also one of the major causes of stress in their lives. The stress of school is added on to the stress that exists from their parents, siblings, and relationships with their friends. Even though the students feel stressed about both school and their lives outside of school, many believe that their parents would describe them as smart, hardworking, kind, quiet, creative, and energetic. These middle school students were more than willing to offer suggestions for future middle school teachers such as being prepared for class, educate the students, manage the classroom effectively, have a sense of humor, and give opportunities for brain breaks after long periods of

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