Houston Can Academy-Hobby socioeconomic status is mainly compound of students from medium class. According to Texas Education Agency website 16.2% are language learners, 94.1% economic disadvantage and the mobility rate is not available for the campus. On the other hand it means that mostly all of the students receive free or reduce lunch. The neighborhood around this school looks really calm. Even though the roads are always too busy and people drive very fast. There are many hotels and motels because the airport is very close. A big neighborhood of houses is surrounding also, the houses near are well care, and some have swimming pools with a big or small backyard. I just saw some big apartments near the houses.
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I now realize that being a high school teacher is not easy to teach. High school teacher need to break a wall with each students to make them fell confortable. I really liked the connection she had with students and the way she explained everything with details. I loved how each day at the beginning of class the students were assigned to use the dictionary, this made them feel more confident about using it. One activity I really enjoyed was the essay because while they were learning the steps I was enjoying the reading. They were assigned to write an essay on “What’s makes an effective teacher?” Although one class had a lot of trouble brainstorming their introduction, the teacher came up with the activity to only spend five minutes and then move to their first paragraph and so on. They worked much better and got most of their work done. Something that I learn from this really great teacher is to teach with a theme. For example using different animals around the word, read and research background information about them to connect points and learn at the same time. Another great idea is to hang a picture on the wall after the activity is done to make students remember each time they look at