The Importance Of Being Non-Objective

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Being non-objective Is hard for everyone we are American’s and judge people weather we realize it or not. As the saying goes, “You never get a second chance to make a first impression”. Hearing multiple stories about certain children before you even meet them can be hard not to have an image, but for me I try to keep very a very objective mind, it’s not the child’s fault they are they way they. Their family could terrible but that child still deserves an equal chance as every other child in the classroom.

“Teachers must be sensitive to to the way children and families from different cultures and backgrounds respond to assessment and make appropriate adjustments or changes (McAfee, 2016, p.28). I strongly agree to what the book stated,

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