A Brooklyn School Teacher's Report

At first, Eubank did not believe her son when he complained about his mean teacher. The staff at the school suggested at her son should take medication because he was not concentrating on class. She took him to get an evaluation at Baylor University, but he was fine. After visiting the school, her eyes were opened by a student who was classmates with her son. Jessica Kelmon, an author for greatschools.org, writes that “the teacher would regularly humiliate him in front of the other students, yelling at him and slamming her hand on his desk (Kelmon).” This fourth-grade teacher is an example as to how much a teacher’s attitude toward the students affects their excitement to learn. When a student is being treated poorly by a teacher, an interesting subject can be ruined for that student.

While reading Journal 1 of The Alternative and reflecting on the assignment giving, memories of teachers flooded through my mind. I am unabashed to admit that I believed some teachers to be poor at their job, and have more than once thought that perhaps this wasn’t the correct career path for them. One such teacher was my 7th and 8th grade science teacher, who believed public shaming to be the preferable way of teaching adolescents. When a student would answer a question wrong in class he couldn’t help but laugh as well as bring it up throughout the lesson, refusing to let the student move past their mistake. He chose to

The school that I observed is Ps/Ms ABC 123 in the Bronx. The school is from Kindergarten to 8th grade. The school starts promptly at 8:00am. Free breakfast is served to all students who wish to eat. In the morning the school doors are open for students at 7:50am. From 7:45 -8:05, it looks busy around the school because of the people who drop their children off, some comes in cars and some walk their children to school. People have to cross a main road to drop off their children at school so the traffic on the main road moves slow and the traffic instructor also stand there to guide people when it is safe to cross the street. The assistant principal and other receivers stand outside in the playground. The playground has many exits that open to the gymnasium, cafeteria and auditorium. Parents know which exist they have to drop of their children. The first grade that I was observing, they are dropped off by exist 5. Exist 5 open in the auditorium. The principles and the other receiver meet with the parents and the children. Parents also talk to each other. They also can sit on the benches in the children’s play area if they have to wait or pass their time. Only students are allowed to go inside of these exits with assistants. Anyone else have to go the front main entrance to enter the school building. Once the students are received, they go inside the auditorium and from there they are then taken to the classroom by their teachers.

At 1:00 p.m. I entered into Evoline C. West Elementary school on Thursday, July 12 2012 for an interview with Mrs. Yolanda Lawrence. As I entered the classroom, I was greeted by Mrs. Lawrence, the head teacher in this classroom. Mrs. Lawrence has no assistant at this present because of it being in the summer. After I entered into the classroom, the entire class welcomed me with “hello Ms. Flournoy”. It made my day to see all of those smiley faces greeting me. This was a 2nd grade classroom which consisted of 17 students of which 8 were girls and 9 were boys. This interview and observation was a total of 2

The teachers profiled in “Unforgettable Miss Bessie”, “My Favorite Teacher”, and “And the Orchestra Played On” are remembered and admired by the narrators. Miss Bessie, Miss Hattie, and Mr. K. possessed significant qualities that made them remarkable educators. They inspired and encouraged students. They only wanted the best for their students and prepared them for their futures, enabling them to overcome difficulties in school. Besides the content of their subject matter these educators their taught students to believe that their lives and future all depends from themselves: whether they would choose the clean asphalt road or dirty, bumpy one.

The Board of Education dates back to 1842. According to the New York City Department of Records, the Board of Education was known as the Board of Education of the City of Brooklyn from 1853 – 1897 (www.nyc.gov). During that time period, records documented educational policy, and school system administration. The Board of Education underwent several transformations. Although the school system as stated by the Department of Records (www.nyc.gov) was known as the Board of Education of the city of Brooklyn, there were also boards in the borough of Manhattan, Bronx, Queens and Richmond.

At the end of the day, this new teacher sits down at her desk – for what seems like the first time that day and begins to reflect back on the

According to ACLU – American Civil Liberty Union of Washington State, a tenured teacher in my understanding should not be fired for a comment like that. Rather have a disciplinary action, such us be sent to a sensitive seminar or class. She shall be shown that her comment was not acceptable. She can have her

The Brooklyn Laboratory Charter School won $10 million in a nationwide contest funded by a philanthropic organization, Emerson Collective for the theme of rethinking high school.

" 'I saw (a teacher) on the floor bleeding from everywhere. He was trying to direct kids, but he couldn 't talk, ' said Rachel Erbert, a 17-year-old senior. 'It was really scary. Kids were falling, and you 'd help them up. I thought I might get shot." ' (Obmascik, 1999, para. 13)

I've decided to do my project on my DRE-098 teacher whose name is Jayce Russell. Mr. Russell teaches at RCC and he does many other things that go with teaching like grading and going to meetings and helping students the best way he can. He said he decided to pursue this career because it let him get the degrees he wanted and he says it takes advantage of communication skills and a chance to help others and make a difference. He believes that by forming relationships in college is you get to meet new people who change the way you think about things and you have similar interest with them. His advice for students is to be open and take advantage of everything that’s offered to the students like the library, the ARC and office hours that teachers

We immediately learn that Miss Moore is not the average Harlem teacher. She is educated herself, along with being very opinionated. The children explain that she has nappy

The author, Joanne Lipman, wrote this for a vast audience from student to teachers to parents and more. Mrs. Lip man made the article a lucid topic. By using past experience with a band teacher, Mr. Kupchynsky, called students "idiots" or yell "Who eez deaf in first violins?" the author proved these specific memories since one could relate to being called out by a teacher. Although many could also relate to having different teachers using different teaching methods. For example, a fourth grader at one of the worst schools in LA explains "When I was in first grade and second grade and third grade, when I cried my teachers coddled me. When I got to Mrs. T's room, she told me to suck it up and get to work. I think she's right. I need to work

Coming to an end, it can still be identified that Ira C. Herbert remains most effective due to his direct and optimistic approach by seemingly expressing his feelings in a contemplative tone and obtains his willing to cooperate with Grove Press. Richard, however, as he tightens loose ends, cuts to the point and can best be described as cynical for his defensive outback. Seaver complicates the situation by further adding that, “...no one here or in our advertising agency, I am sorry to say, realized that you owned the phrase”(Seaver 4). He also is seen as convoluting by stating (in his opinion) that he never plagiarized the brand from the start, that he was merely quoting Peter S. Prescott’s book review on Diary of a Harlem Schoolteacher, one

Alison Melotti-Cormack wrote this short narrative called¨The Gestures of Grace”. Alison purposes of writing this narrative is to inform other teachers that all kids have a specific way of being tought. Alison says that all teachers need to be able to know when they are getting agitated and make a system to help prevent an explosion from the teacher happen. Alison also hopes that every teacher will be able to connect with their students. To rape it the whole thing up is that the author´s point in the message is that the teacher loves to learn, able to connect with their students, will eventually learns to understand their students behaviour, to listen to what their students say, and that there qualities progresses over time.