No Choice But Success Summary

1. According to what you read, describe at least three challenges that are unique to teaching high poverty students? The first challenge in teaching high poverty students is not to accept failures and never use diverse assumptions on students. According the article “ No Choice But Success,” it is important for teachers to never find excuses for students based on their background. This is easy to say but hard to do, with limited time and limited resources some teachers may blame students for their failures. For students from low income communities, they may not get the help at home, feel hungry when they come to school, or struggle with problems at home. It is easy for teachers to give up on poor students because they think there is only so much they can do. However with this mind set, the situation will only get worse. It is the teacher’s job to make sure that all students get the same opportunity to learn and succeed. Setting high expectations for every student, make sure students do their work and learn. I believe, except during school hours, teachers should always communicate with both students and parents, …show more content…
I agree with it, students been punished, isolated, suspended can cause more misbehavior and leads to more problems. Because students are not learning at that time, and school may be the only place they can seek for help. If they are reject by schools they may go back on the street and cause more serious problems in their life. We want to be supportive to every students, not punish them by taking away the only opportunity they could learn and get help. Teachers and schools should teach students for appropriate behaviors not give up on them. It will help students correct their misbehaviors and be more engaged