My Thoughts On The Classroom

It was not like a traditional college class. The first thing we all did was go around that class answering questions we made up so that we could get to know each other. We also had jeopardy review and I met some pretty cool and amazing people. I know I will take the knowledge I have learned from Mrs. Pongratz and use it to the best of my abilities. This class has shaped my knowledge and has grown my vocabulary, writing, and reading skills, and I know I am nowhere near finished with learning. This class has helped me throughout the semester and I would not change this class one bit. Well I guess I did learn more than I thought, and I know I’m going to try and use everything that I have come

The class started off airy and light, and I was enjoying getting close to the students I would only usually pass in

This course has not been anything remotely close to what I imagined it would be. I pictured a class where we discussed voting, civil service, and the community. One which involved little to no reflection or inner thought. However, I have found myself reflecting and digging deeply. This class has put many of the major issues facing America’s communities in the forefront. We have traded lectures on paying taxes for discussions on privilege. Through the assigned readings and classroom content, I have found myself more knowledgeable on the topics at hand, and more established in my own beliefs.

This class has really opened up my eyes to many new views and opinions toward certain information and assumptions. Before taking this class I did not believe I was racist or had any downward views towards any people or cultural. This soon came to my attention that everyone has a little bit of racist in them no matter how hard you try not to be. I also thought that Columbus discovered America, I found it very interesting and almost common sense when we discussed this issue and how the school curriculum has been lying to students in a sense about the discovery of America. The finial bias I soon came to see was that no matter how much you think you will not face other cultures or other religions in schools that you are not familiar with your chances are very slim. No matter where you plan to teach at their will always be situations that you are unfamiliar with.

I learned things from this class that I would have never learned in a classroom as a student. As a Teacher Cadet, I loved all the adults I worked with at my elementary school and had the uttermost respect for them. However, just as in the real world, not everything was always smooth sailing. There were times I got frustrated and I felt I was doing everything wrong but I had to learn to power through it because I made a commitment to not only the class academically for myself but also to all 19 of my students. By being in the classroom everyday, I gained a different sense of responsibility. The bond I made with each of those kids I cannot put into words. I truly looked at them and loved them as if they

I had a few expectations for the class when I learned that the focus would be towards the study of the psychology of Black women. I wanted to have a full understanding, not about other women and the cultural influence of their behaviors, but to see the complexities of my own mind and dissect it. I did not expect this class to show any signs of similarity of other courses because of the chosen topic. When I first enter into the class and observed how the foundation was laid, I was thoroughly surprised because I initially wanted to take the class as an online course. As I listened to the thoughts of my colleagues that inspired me to share my own, I quickly got my class change to a lecture course. If this was how the class was going to go and everyone contributing an intellectual thought, then this was the class for me. I did expect that there was going to be a lot of reading material only because there is no way a conversation can

Teaching requires creating a classroom where all students are able to participate in the learning. Chapter 1 discusses the importance language, expectations, and integration. Chapter 1 introduces the topic of multicultural teaching.

I feel like I've learned a lot of thing from this class that I probably would have never thought about before. Firstly, I learned how community colleges work and about some of the policies they go by. I also learned about a lot of different career options that I never explored before. I think this really helped to open my eyes to all the options so I'm not limiting myself. Lastly, and most importantly, I learned about ways of managing stress and my time. This is something I have always struggled with and now I feel like I have the tools to change. I think this will really improve many things in all areas in my life but especially school. It was really great to hear everyone's dreams and goals as well as their stresses. It just shows that

I would describe the dynamics that I observed from the class on Wednesday mornings as informative, educational, and very enjoyable to learn about others. I noticed that at the beginning of the semester everyone was at the Group sessions, but the further we got into the semester, the class started to get smaller and smaller.

Last semester was exceptionally challenging; however, it was extremely beneficial because I had to work harder than any of my other classes before. I think various elements contributed to me being unsuccessful in Nursing 204. My aunt died in March with Lupus and that affected me in a huge on the grounds that she played a big role in my life, since I was a child. I was still in the denial stage and my emotions took over, which caused me to become less motivated in school. I just felt like I had no inspiration last semester and I should not have let my emotions hindered my education. In high school, I generally experienced difficulty taking tests that were not seeking the direct answers, and the Nursing 204 tests were not quite the same as the tests I would regularly take. My procrastination last semester played an enormous role in failing the course. When I initially

Most of my direct experience working with curriculum is as an public elementary school teacher. I prided myself for many years in aligning the state curriculum frameworks and objectives with the instruction going on in my classroom, and received praise from administrators for sticking to the “playbook”. As time went on, though, I realized that my mixed ability classes were simply not performing up to my personal expectations. I began to create flexible groups for math and language arts, and differentiate instruction based on group needs and student interests. I saw significant improvements in student engagement, behavior and overall achievement.

If the school had leftover money at the end of the year, then the school board should consider using it for more updates around campus. For example, the playgrounds. The playgrounds are worn down and getting very, very old. They also need a modern update. It would be great for kids to enjoy something present-day styled. Another thing that should be updated is the classrooms. All of the classrooms should be bigger because it would be easier to do group activities and there would be more space for events like back to school night or open house. St. Anne classrooms could also use a modern update. New technology and new desks should be broughten in to give new classrooms the updates they need. Last but not least, the school bathrooms. The bathrooms

For instance, a teacher has been teaching her students a lesson and half of the class is not understanding the lesson. The teacher has barely three weeks left to teach four more lessons that will take a full week to teach each; she makes the decision to skip over the lesson and rush through the other ones to have time to review for the state test only to discover the lessons that were cut were the most frequent questions on the test. The teacher and students both failed to succeed; the teacher loses her job and the students are placed in remedial classes. This scenario has happened too often. Teachers have been forced to skip over lessons and slice lessons in half to find out that the students did not have enough time to learn and process the information. Because of these devastating events, the students’ self-esteems were divided in half. Students have been forced not to care about education because education has been transformed into a monster instead of a saving

Teachers are not only expected to teach their students, but also provide an environment where everyone feels safe and can learn. Classroom management is a very important part of teaching. Students cannot learn in an unsafe, disruptive environment. This paper will discuss the strategy of SHAPING, how it is used to modify a student’s behavior, and give an example of how to modify a student’s behavior. This paper will also discuss my personal beliefs about classroom management, share rules and expectations for the classroom, rewards for individuals and the class, designing the classroom where the teacher is visible and there are no distractions, and discuss some classroom procedures and how they contribute to classroom management

This class has provided me with a lot of useful information that I will be able to use in the future. This class has shown me how to adapt my skills to different populations. I became aware of how every individual experiences the world in completely different ways. This class gave me an insight on civil disobedience, sharing cultural backgrounds, skills to develop as a counselor and white privilege.