The English Teacher

After various years of teaching, John Holt comes to the conclusion that schools are a place filled with danger and silence. Schools are initially known to be a place of refuge but are not always that kind of a place. Throughout the essay, “How Teachers Make Students Hate Reading”, educator and writer John Holt uses several examples from his prior teaching experiences and gives his readers insight based on what experiments he has put the students at trial with, that later exemplify the meaning of…

my supervising teachers for advice. Again to my surprise I faced the same types of resistance from my teachers as my students. To me Treaty Education has a very important place in our education system, one that I have a…

then it impairs their intellectual ability. In the movie the character Angel felt the pressure to conform to his bad boy image with his “gang” of friends who often skipped class and caused trouble, but he secretly wanted to do well and went to his teacher Mr. Escalante to ask for a second chance. Violence and harassment in schools is a major problem and in areas of lower socioeconomic standings it is more prevalent. Property crimes can be specifically noted in Stand and Deliver, from the…

interaction between student and student, student and teacher also free to attribute in various activity in classroom. Teacher also can happy to work in friend and perfect situation. The open classroom climate constitute a condusive classroom. (Sang,…

I have had the fortunate opportunity to observe many classrooms in many different schools throughout the area this semester. Spending over 60 hours in classrooms showed me a lot about what it means to be an English teacher and how the approach can change depending on where you are teaching. In a classroom that has a demographic of students who you are familiar with and comfortable with, you don’t have to change or give up pieces of yourself in order to be understood. In a classroom where the…

Cultural diversity and differentiated instructions in classrooms make the challenge of helping educationally diverse learners in regular classrooms a big part of a teacher 's role these days. Most teachers take this initiative to make changes based on learner capacity and knowledge. As teachers, we have a need to differentiate to approach students with the right instruction. Differentiating instruction can be based on giving the students a lecture in reference to their interest and learning…

North Carolina’s standardized testing system has recently been under fire from parents, students, and even education leaders. Many locals feel this testing is placing undue pressure on students and teachers. A recent study found that twenty-five percent of a school year is spent preparing for and taking standardized tests (Kamenetz). A local parent, Eric Malone, expressed his concern by saying “The quality of education has dropped because this system only sees students as a number”. The current…

tell the truth, I been thinking about how they are able to know as much as they do. 1. What are your thoughts about using TeachLivE™ as a tool for teaching practice? In my opinion, teach live is an incredible tool for students who want to become a teacher. I loved TeachLive even thought I wasn’t the one chosen to teach them. I was able to see how the avatars challenged every person that taught that day. They kept us on our toes and in my opinion that is the best way to learn. 2. How would you…

Washington Mill utilizes these laptops regularly in an effort to have their curriculum and instruction be driven by data from students. They do this by having students take end of unit tests on a website called Horizon. This testing site allows teachers and administrators to not only see scores but to analyze the results of the test question by question. Another way technology is utilized is through the use of smart boards and smart projectors which have been in every classroom I have observed…

The positive environment came when he met his senior language arts teacher whose name was Jack Macfarland. Instead of the typical vocational track instructor that would put students down or not care for their education, Mr. MacFarland pushed the students to work hard and increase the work amount, thus having the students…