Lucy-
You make references in your post about your SL placement. You're a saint for dealing with this lady. She doesn't seem to be too fond of her children or too fond of what she is doing. She almost reminds me of Alex's teacher. I feel bad for the students. They need to be learning and developing. It is not their fault if they aren't privileged. Now, it is not her job to mother these students or to babysit, but it IS her job to teach the ways of success or "THE RULES AND CODES OF POWER". If her students are failing...maybe that's a sign that something isn't working. Personally, I think it's a little lame that she doesn't have any faith in her students. It's good that you can learn from her and see an example of a crummy teacher. It just stinks that those students' education is at stake.
I agree with your second paragraph. What stinks about teaching now, in the public setting, is that teachers are forced to teach standardizations. It's a shame that different methods of doing things aren't as well embraced as they should be. I agree too when you say that this article shows you what kind of teacher that you don't want to be. Those types of people need to move along and retire and make some room for us people who want nothing more than to be teachers and make a difference! Great post!
So ya'll
Found this video, I think it's worth a watch and that it speaks for itself. I know the music is a little hoaky and melodramatic but it still gets the point across. I don't know why every teacher or classroom can't be like this.
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