Substitute teacher

I found the videos and readings to be interesting and informative. I have previously taken classes on the importance of cultural understanding, but watching these videos and reading through the materials was a helpful reminder as to just how important it is to take students culture into consideration. I have found that while I do attempt to understand the culture of my students, I have not yet met cultural proficiency. Prior to watching the videos and reading the material I did not think about…

person I am today, and why do I do the things I do. Like David, my teachers would make comments that I am smart but lazy. It was true. I never did my homework and never studied. I would just listen to the teacher’s lectures and do the classwork. I would pass the exams, but since the grades are calculated with more than just test grades, I would make C’s and D’s. In high school, it was the same. The only difference was the teachers did not give out homework because they knew the majority of the…

In the passages by Jonathan Kozol from “Stephen and Death at an Early Age” he talks about his time as a fourth grade teacher and a later chapter in his book. Kozol talks about as humans we want attention from those around us. Throughout the passage Kozol mentions when there is negligence in a person 's life they attempt to fill that void with attention. When you go to aid a neglected person by acknowledging but you are prevented by another person from doing so, if you don 't make a stand you are…

I grew up in a small church, where my mom was a Sunday school teacher and my dad was the Assistant Pastor. They also were involved in the youth a lot. Growing up, I can remember driving down the road on our way to church and seeing kids that knew or my mom knew and we would ask them if they wanted to go to church with us. Next thing you knew, we have like 5-6 local kids going to church with us. I can remember when we use to ask them where they lived so we could make sure that it was alright with…

comes from many years of schooling and facts taught to us by our parents, teachers, and what we saw in books and media. We regurgitate these facts in our daily lives. When something different comes along, we may get uncomfortable and resist it. In the short story Gryphon by Charles Baxter, a group of 4th graders faced this challenge when their regular teacher was temporarily replaced by Miss Ferenczi, the substitute teacher. During that time, Miss Ferenczi tells many strange tales to the…

This has been in the form of replacing the majority of the sugar with a more natural sugar substitute called stevia. Stevia is an extract from the plant Stevia rebaudiana, which can be found in North America. Although it has been approved by the FDA, it cannot be ignored that there are still other ingredients in soda that have not been altered and…

Diet sodas, cereals, sugar-free cough drops all have something in common—they contain aspartame. Discovered in 1965 by James. M. Schlatter, aspartame is the most common and popular food additive in the United States, making it the most consumed sweetener . This ingredient is 200 times sweeter than regular sugar, allowing people to use less of the product, which makes aspartame a low calorie sweetener . Consequently, aspartame is found in reduced calorie foods and used as a sugar free sweetener…

Sugar is the sociopath of foods. It acts sweet but it’s really poison. - Karen salmansohn.Hello judges,Teachers and students. Today I am going to tell you reasons why sugar isn’t good for you. I am going to talk to you about how sugar is put into many items,what risks it causes and how high quantity of sugar is bad for you. I chose this topic because sugar is a big problem these days. We are usually really busy in life that it becomes hard to keep a healthy balance of nutrients in the food…

up, can cause a student to have an off day. If a teacher is close with his or her students, the teacher is better able to see what is causing issues and adjust lesson plans. It may be extra gym or just talking to the student that allows the bad day to cease. However, the teacher needs to know the students provide this assistance. Mrs. Cox will start her maternity leave on Monday, which meant the long term substitute was shadowing. The substitute said she shadowed for a couple days prior to…

and I were “back stage” which was really the corridor that leads to the gym lockers, my teacher and principal bragged to the crowd about a play they haven’t witnessed yet. Behind the scenes we were being very fidgety, bouncing on the balls of our feet, sharing occasional giggles. After all the testimonies ensuring our parents that the education the school offered was worth the hefty tuition fees, my teacher signaled for us to come onstage. Her swift hand motion switched on my worry. I knew what…