Jerry Large- Good idea but hard to change. School does not have control over home life. Good assist but not a solid plan.
Deb Aronson- Important, if we start at the head of the education it can go down.
Keith Gilyard- What is more important, math or creativity?
Bell hooks- Good idea but an opinion
Boyce- If you do not get social skills you will not succeed
Disagreements- Large- Good idea some said and is very important. But argues that it is to big of an idea and some parents wont be able to make the change.
-Boyce- Social skills are important in life, but argues that you need an education more then how to present yourself.
-Hooks- Great idea, but argues that it is just an idea and not a plan to workout. To broad
Top choice- Keith Gilyard, start investing the money into classes that students want and they will learn to think critically.
2nd Choice- Deb Aronson- Very good idea that people who make the education should be ones that teach it. You would not have the head of a police department be someone who has never been a police
Wednesday, November 27, 2013
ideas for change
A Real Education by Barry Boyce
He discusses what children should be taught as far as citizenship, friendships, and empathy. leading them to learn basic life skills.
Gift of Grit, Curiosity Help Kids Succeed by Jerry Large
discusses how environments effect children and their learning. his plan of action is to start improving the environment at home and setting it for success, because teaching starts there.
Arizona Bans Mexican American Studies Program by Deb Aronson
She explains how teachers should be the ones who make political choices about their students because politicians know nothing about education and cannot decide what classes are okay to cut.
Children, Arts, and Du Bois by Keith Gilyard:
He discusses how giving back the humanities will help the economy and other aspects of student learning. it is important to have these creative classes and they should not be cut back to where there is purely core classes available.
Teaching- Critical Thinking by Bell hooks
critical thinking is essential to the well being of a classroom. teachers and students both complain of boredom in the classroom. if critical thinking is going on students will be more interested therefore no one will be bored.
He discusses what children should be taught as far as citizenship, friendships, and empathy. leading them to learn basic life skills.
Gift of Grit, Curiosity Help Kids Succeed by Jerry Large
discusses how environments effect children and their learning. his plan of action is to start improving the environment at home and setting it for success, because teaching starts there.
Arizona Bans Mexican American Studies Program by Deb Aronson
She explains how teachers should be the ones who make political choices about their students because politicians know nothing about education and cannot decide what classes are okay to cut.
Children, Arts, and Du Bois by Keith Gilyard:
He discusses how giving back the humanities will help the economy and other aspects of student learning. it is important to have these creative classes and they should not be cut back to where there is purely core classes available.
Teaching- Critical Thinking by Bell hooks
critical thinking is essential to the well being of a classroom. teachers and students both complain of boredom in the classroom. if critical thinking is going on students will be more interested therefore no one will be bored.
Rose and Black
Comedian Lewis Black talks on "The Daily show" on the poor education system. he discusses the topic of charter schools being better schools widely more effective, but also being hard to get into and attend. Charter schools seeming to be more effective simply for the fact that they individualize to each student and set expectations for each. while Chalk demonstrates that public schools set low standards for the majority of students to be able to meet which inevitably brings the entire level of schooling down to accommodate its lower level learners. not nurturing the gifted kids talents.
Mike Rose's Resolutions in Education, states "To stop making the standardized test score the gold-standard of student achievement and teacher effectiveness." this stuck out at the point in the movie chalk where the history teacher wanted badly to become teacher of the year. now obviously this was a comedy, but it showed how teachers are meant to push for their students scores to be the best to show their performance vs. things like student understanding comprehension and memorability on the subject. school systems are poorly judging the teachers and students efforts on scores. in this scene the students commented on how hard they each worked, even though they didn't win.
What i think
I think high school is to teach kids basic education. how we accept this education is completely up to us. I think the basic idea of high school is to open up a variety of opportunities and potential interests for students to begin thinking about their future careers and goals. High school is the age that kids are becoming adults, and it is priming us to become informed adults. now of course it has many areas it could use work in. but for the most part the idea is good. Most teachers are crappy, classes are a joke, and grades unrepresented of a persons real intelligence. but unfortunately, there is no other way to do it. it is impossible to satisfy everyone's needs. i believe if you are as lucky as i have been, it is a fun experience that gets the gist of the job done, and the rest is for me to figure out. my one large complaint would be the purely educational focus of school. there is nothing even offered to help kids learn to communicate with one another. the smartest person in he world would be nowhere without communication. i think that a class on communication would be an extremely life changing additive to the school curriculum.
how does chalk illustrate
1. when the student is late to class and the gym teacher freaks out and says that the rule needs to be reinforced regardless the circumstance. This is an example of Gatto's opinion on how students are supposed to react to authority. "Schools are to establish fixed habits of reaction to authority. This, of course, precludes critical judgment completely"
2.When the gym teacher is trying to get her entire class to perform at the same standard when not all of them are at the same standard. this pairs with Gatto saying "This might well be called "the conformity function," because its intention is to make children as alike as possible"
3.when the assistant principle starts mediating conflicts with kids getting in trouble by fighting, bad grades, ect. Gatto describes this as "determining each student's proper social role"
4.when the history teacher tries to be friends with his students vs. being a teacher to them. I believe this is an example of what freire thinks is a good thing although its proven to be very bad.
5. When the new history teacher is uninterested in deciphering how to teach his students and instead believes himself not right for the job. This illustrates Gatto's explanation of teachers being bored, even in the break room, where there was also a scene In the teachers lounge of exactly that.
2.When the gym teacher is trying to get her entire class to perform at the same standard when not all of them are at the same standard. this pairs with Gatto saying "This might well be called "the conformity function," because its intention is to make children as alike as possible"
3.when the assistant principle starts mediating conflicts with kids getting in trouble by fighting, bad grades, ect. Gatto describes this as "determining each student's proper social role"
4.when the history teacher tries to be friends with his students vs. being a teacher to them. I believe this is an example of what freire thinks is a good thing although its proven to be very bad.
5. When the new history teacher is uninterested in deciphering how to teach his students and instead believes himself not right for the job. This illustrates Gatto's explanation of teachers being bored, even in the break room, where there was also a scene In the teachers lounge of exactly that.
Chalk real time notes
argue for a change or addition through the k-12 that happens in the movie. help to fix something you see in chalk.
The History teacher is starting his first year teaching his class and starts off obviously having problems creating a sense of authority or teaching mentality to his class. he struggles with getting their attention, making them behave, and handling conflicting situations. He incorrectly breaks up a fight between two girls in class and tells them just to sit back down. He later gets in a fight with one of his students over his cell phone going off in class. They both call each other curse words. He feels extremely guilty and goes to the kids house and talks to his mother and gets teaching advice from her. he is very insecure. He begins to bond with his students when they convince him to run in the spelling b for slang words kids use. they spend time teaching and training him to know how to spell all the words and understand what they mean. He wins the spelling b. The last scene of him and his students is them getting him to "Spit a rap" while one of the kids make a beat on their desk. He is conflicted about signing up to teach another year, and I believe does not end up continuing to teach although it was left semi open ended. he end with a quote saying "being a teacher is a gift, maybe its something you can learn, but no one has taught me"
the second history teacher has an issue building an educational relationship with his students. he becomes friends with them instead of teaching them and disciplining them correctly. He runs for teacher of the year and try's really hard to win, but does not. he freaks out and flips a desk in his classroom on front of his students and beats himself up about it.
the gym teacher is female and everyone thinks she is lesbian. she struggles with getting her students involved in the athleticism and effort of gym. she makes up interesting games to get them all hyped and on board. she explains that confidence is something you need to make them have by believing in them. she also likes the first time history teacher.
the assistant principle is doing her job for the first time when she was previously a teacher. she learns that she has to spend countless hours at the school when she is supposed to be home and comes into conflict with the gym teacher trying to get her to fix everything. she also struggles with disciplining kids.
The History teacher is starting his first year teaching his class and starts off obviously having problems creating a sense of authority or teaching mentality to his class. he struggles with getting their attention, making them behave, and handling conflicting situations. He incorrectly breaks up a fight between two girls in class and tells them just to sit back down. He later gets in a fight with one of his students over his cell phone going off in class. They both call each other curse words. He feels extremely guilty and goes to the kids house and talks to his mother and gets teaching advice from her. he is very insecure. He begins to bond with his students when they convince him to run in the spelling b for slang words kids use. they spend time teaching and training him to know how to spell all the words and understand what they mean. He wins the spelling b. The last scene of him and his students is them getting him to "Spit a rap" while one of the kids make a beat on their desk. He is conflicted about signing up to teach another year, and I believe does not end up continuing to teach although it was left semi open ended. he end with a quote saying "being a teacher is a gift, maybe its something you can learn, but no one has taught me"
the second history teacher has an issue building an educational relationship with his students. he becomes friends with them instead of teaching them and disciplining them correctly. He runs for teacher of the year and try's really hard to win, but does not. he freaks out and flips a desk in his classroom on front of his students and beats himself up about it.
the gym teacher is female and everyone thinks she is lesbian. she struggles with getting her students involved in the athleticism and effort of gym. she makes up interesting games to get them all hyped and on board. she explains that confidence is something you need to make them have by believing in them. she also likes the first time history teacher.
the assistant principle is doing her job for the first time when she was previously a teacher. she learns that she has to spend countless hours at the school when she is supposed to be home and comes into conflict with the gym teacher trying to get her to fix everything. she also struggles with disciplining kids.
Freire&Gatto
I think Gatto and Freire have very similar opinions on education. They both think the entire system is terrible and completely wrong. Gatto speaks about the teachers being bored and blaming the students for their bad teaching and so on. Freire talks about how the students and teachers should be equals and learn from each other. they agree in the sense that they both think education is being delivered in the wrong ways but don't agree on the way they think it should be delivered. Freire believes that children should be allowed to come to conclusions on their own vs. being taught to memorize a set curriculum. he thinks that students curiosity and creativity are being stifled by the teacher student relationship. I personally did not agree with his method or logic. it reminded me more of a nature walk plan instead of an educational plan. Gatto talks about teachers boredom and lifelessness of their teaching, and goes on to talk about what school is trying to shape kids into through their authority and conformity. He go's on to talk about six main points of what schools are doing to their kids. "Schools are to establish fixed habits of reaction to authority" "This might well be called "the conformity function," because its intention is to make children as alike as possible." "School is meant to determine each student's proper social role. This is done by logging evidence mathematically and anecdotally on cumulative records" "Once their social role has been "diagnosed," children are to be sorted by role and trained only so far as their destination in the social machine merits - and not one step further" " Schools are meant to tag the unfit - with poor grades, remedial placement, and other punishments" " a small fraction of the kids will quietly be taught how to manage this continuing project, how to watch over and control a population deliberately dumbed down and declawed in order that government might proceed unchallenged and corporations might never want for obedient labor". this I find to be very true and interesting, although It does not coincide with the beliefs of freire.
Group 11/14
In what ways did reading this website enrich, complicate and or confuse your understanding about Freire’s banking concept.
This website was a way to connect us reading it, to what freire is trying to give off to the readers from his second book published Pedagogy of the Oppressed. In the book he goes into great detail of what the characteristics of teachers are. He writes about the banking process of educators and “the “banking” concept of education regards men as adaptable, manageable beings, the more students work at storing the deposits entrusted to them, the less they develop the critical consciousness that would result from their intervention in the world.” Here is talking about how students learn to adapt to what they are learning, the teachers know everything and the students know nothing. He states that the teacher talks and the students listen. He also writes, “The capability of banking education to minimize or annul the students’ creative power and to stimulate their credulity serves the interests of the oppressors, who care neither to have the world revealed nor to see it transformed.” The oppressors he speaks of he is talking also about the employers, the elected officials, as well as anyone with socio-economic power over others. While the website states that, “as the illiterate person learns and is able to make such statements, his world becomes radically transformed and he is no longer willing to be a mere object responding to changes occurring around him. The educated are more likely to decide to take upon themselves the struggle to change the structures of society that until now have served to oppress them.” He wants us to understand that we need to have an education where the students shouldn’t be afraid to speak out and to constructively criticize the teachers. They need to not let boredom overpower them in education being that the “educated man is the adapted man, because he is better “fit” for the world.” “The more completely the majority adapt to the purposes which the dominant minority prescribe for them (thereby depriving them of the right to their own purposes)”
My High School Experience
"we must wake up to what our schools really are: laboratories of experimentation on young minds, drill centers for the habits and attitudes that corporate society demands. Mandatory education serves children only incidentally; its real purpose is to turn them into servants"
The entire topic of education is some what hard for me to speak on, because I feel everyone has a semi valid point. I love this quote of Gatto because that is exactly what school is. On the other side of the fence though, school is amazing in so many ways. Regardless of if I am for it or against it, I can definitely speak on my k-12 experience.
in many ways it was similar to Gatto's description. My schooling was filled with forced authority and reward for conformity. For my first three years of school I was placed in the "assist" program for kids that needed assistance. and while I think intentions were decent, reality was failure. This program did nothing but teach kids that they need different help than others and separated them from "normal" learners. it only put them, and me, further behind. Until I finally broke free of that system by begging my parents to take me out saying "I'm not a stupid learner" and was placed into standard fourth grade. At this point I was at least a year behind and worked extremely hard to be middle level intelligence in my class. I never successfully learned my multiplication facts although they are just memorization. as behind as I was I continued to barely make it through each grade until I got to middle school and had an array of classes to pass. I did well, but noticed weird rules that were made to follow like "no standing in the lunch room". Why in the world not?! I cant stand? protesting only resulted in lunch detention. I was forced to take shop classes and computer classes. Sewing and babysitting classes. it made no sense to me why these things were required. but I didn't do a lot of questioning, because it was fun. I feel, aside from the boring schoolwork, that it was a completely social experience. and it was. I went to school each day and hung out with ,y friends. I made friends. I lost friends. I made new friends.
high school was the same thing. I was able to break off and take classes of my choice in a sense such as extra sciences and a language of my choice. but only because this is what the kids that wanted to succeed did. I passed AP classes with A's and B's and still feel myself no better or smarter than the average student. no better off either. school was pushing us all in the direction we are "meant" to go. its grueling actually. but like anything else its a learning experience. and as much as its about mass education at one time, I believe its social. maybe not even social enough.
I graduated. so I am happy. I was able to move on to college, obviously, and I know the importance of learning. I think school is a good thing although it has many bad traits. like anything else though.
The entire topic of education is some what hard for me to speak on, because I feel everyone has a semi valid point. I love this quote of Gatto because that is exactly what school is. On the other side of the fence though, school is amazing in so many ways. Regardless of if I am for it or against it, I can definitely speak on my k-12 experience.
in many ways it was similar to Gatto's description. My schooling was filled with forced authority and reward for conformity. For my first three years of school I was placed in the "assist" program for kids that needed assistance. and while I think intentions were decent, reality was failure. This program did nothing but teach kids that they need different help than others and separated them from "normal" learners. it only put them, and me, further behind. Until I finally broke free of that system by begging my parents to take me out saying "I'm not a stupid learner" and was placed into standard fourth grade. At this point I was at least a year behind and worked extremely hard to be middle level intelligence in my class. I never successfully learned my multiplication facts although they are just memorization. as behind as I was I continued to barely make it through each grade until I got to middle school and had an array of classes to pass. I did well, but noticed weird rules that were made to follow like "no standing in the lunch room". Why in the world not?! I cant stand? protesting only resulted in lunch detention. I was forced to take shop classes and computer classes. Sewing and babysitting classes. it made no sense to me why these things were required. but I didn't do a lot of questioning, because it was fun. I feel, aside from the boring schoolwork, that it was a completely social experience. and it was. I went to school each day and hung out with ,y friends. I made friends. I lost friends. I made new friends.
high school was the same thing. I was able to break off and take classes of my choice in a sense such as extra sciences and a language of my choice. but only because this is what the kids that wanted to succeed did. I passed AP classes with A's and B's and still feel myself no better or smarter than the average student. no better off either. school was pushing us all in the direction we are "meant" to go. its grueling actually. but like anything else its a learning experience. and as much as its about mass education at one time, I believe its social. maybe not even social enough.
I graduated. so I am happy. I was able to move on to college, obviously, and I know the importance of learning. I think school is a good thing although it has many bad traits. like anything else though.
Friday, November 15, 2013
Essay #2
Throughout schooling every
student is exposed to a bundle of different teachers with different teaching
styles and habits. Some kids seem to like teachers who allow them to slack off
and get away with not challenging themselves, but everyone liked Mr.Haza and
Mr.Sawikki. Something about a teacher who really gives it their all and expects
students to return the favor really brings out the best in an entire group of
kids. Regardless of their differing subjects they both go above and beyond to achieve
a higher standard of learning for their students and promote them to not only
master the topics but enjoy them, even when they would otherwise be dreadful.
Mr.Haza taught physical science.
This is a class that every high school freshman is required to take in order to
graduate and is the first science class we are introduced to. It is a gateway
to all different potential science interests and nobody even knew until they
had Mr.Haza. He uses strict methods along with a bold and upbeat attitude to
gain the interest of his students. Something that all good teachers seem to
have is the ability to relate and talk to their students as equals while
continuing to have authority and respect. He would pace around the room in his dark
blue dress shirt and light brown slacks, much to overdressed for a high school
setting, and call on the kid that is sitting quietly praying not to be called
on. As much as no one wanted to be called on, we all gained something from it.
Felt better and more confident after going through the grueling task of acting
out a velocity question in front of the whole class. It taught us not to be
afraid and to be confident in learning. Each student who fell to a C in his
class was required to stay in at lunchtime and get special help from him to
raise their grade. He would kneel next to each student as he taught one on one
and would visibly wear out the knees in his expensive pants. This gave many
students incentive to do their work in the first place and if they needed help,
weather they wanted it or not, they would get it. Most kids go through high
school with the intentions to do the bare minimum and that’s it. We were not
explained the importance of science until we had Mr.Haza. Each year he talks
roughly eighty five percent of his students into taking the advanced science
track that throws you right into AP Chemistry, AP Biology, and AP Physics. He provides
his students with the tools that they need to get ahead in school.
Mr.Sawikki is teaches History.
Speaking for a vast majority of students, this is the worst required subject
throughout the high school career. It’s boring, pure memorization, and hard to
read. I’ve never seen a teacher maximize a students learning in a history class
until I walked into Mr.Sawikkis class. He was attentive, funny, and
understanding. He knows that his students are uninterested in this subject and finds
a way, whatever that may be, to make it stick. It’s easy to recall something
that was fun or that made you laugh, so he makes sure all of his classes are
filled with humor and laughter and fun while teaching the material to make it
easier to recall. He would draw horrible diagrams of places and people and
important moments of history on the white board in the front of the room while
making loud animated noises and comments. He spontaneously calls on his
students to keep them attentive and on point with the lesson. More than
anything he understood that for some people it just didn’t click. He would
spend time after class at central market and buy pizzas for everyone who showed
up. Students from all different periods would come on a Saturday and study in a
relaxing group environment. He made sure his students were taken care of.
Both Mr.Haza and Mr.Sawikki have
inspiring qualities and encourage their students to go above and beyond.
Although they have different methods of teaching and completely differing
subjects they both have a unique understanding of their students and build a meaningful
relationship with them all. Throughout all their hard work they succeed in furthering
student’s education year after year. Any student who walks into their
classrooms on the first day of school expecting it to be gruesome and un-meaningful
is in for a pleasant surprise.
Essay #2
Throughout schooling every
student is exposed to a bundle of different teachers with different teaching
styles and habits. Some kids seem to like teachers who allow them to slack off
and get away with not challenging themselves, but everyone liked Mr.Haza and
Mr.Sawikki. Something about a teacher who really gives it their all and expects
students to return the favor really brings out the best in an entire group of
kids. Regardless of their differing subjects they both go above and beyond to achieve
a higher standard of learning for their students and promote them to not only
master the topics but enjoy them, even when they would otherwise be dreadful.
Mr.Haza taught physical science.
This is a class that every high school freshman is required to take in order to
graduate and is the first science class we are introduced to. It is a gateway
to all different potential science interests and nobody even knew until they
had Mr.Haza. He uses strict methods along with a bold and upbeat attitude to
gain the interest of his students. Something that all good teachers seem to
have is the ability to relate and talk to their students as equals while
continuing to have authority and respect. He would pace around the room in his dark
blue dress shirt and light brown slacks, much to overdressed for a high school
setting, and call on the kid that is sitting quietly praying not to be called
on. As much as no one wanted to be called on, we all gained something from it.
Felt better and more confident after going through the grueling task of acting
out a velocity question in front of the whole class. It taught us not to be
afraid and to be confident in learning. Each student who fell to a C in his
class was required to stay in at lunchtime and get special help from him to
raise their grade. He would kneel next to each student as he taught one on one
and would visibly wear out the knees in his expensive pants. This gave many
students incentive to do their work in the first place and if they needed help,
weather they wanted it or not, they would get it. Most kids go through high
school with the intentions to do the bare minimum and that’s it. We were not
explained the importance of science until we had Mr.Haza. Each year he talks
roughly eighty five percent of his students into taking the advanced science
track that throws you right into AP Chemistry, AP Biology, and AP Physics. He provides
his students with the tools that they need to get ahead in school.
Mr.Sawikki is teaches History.
Speaking for a vast majority of students, this is the worst required subject
throughout the high school career. It’s boring, pure memorization, and hard to
read. I’ve never seen a teacher maximize a students learning in a history class
until I walked into Mr.Sawikkis class. He was attentive, funny, and
understanding. He knows that his students are uninterested in this subject and finds
a way, whatever that may be, to make it stick. It’s easy to recall something
that was fun or that made you laugh, so he makes sure all of his classes are
filled with humor and laughter and fun while teaching the material to make it
easier to recall. He would draw horrible diagrams of places and people and
important moments of history on the white board in the front of the room while
making loud animated noises and comments. He spontaneously calls on his
students to keep them attentive and on point with the lesson. More than
anything he understood that for some people it just didn’t click. He would
spend time after class at central market and buy pizzas for everyone who showed
up. Students from all different periods would come on a Saturday and study in a
relaxing group environment. He made sure his students were taken care of.
Both Mr.Haza and Mr.Sawikki have
inspiring qualities and encourage their students to go above and beyond.
Although they have different methods of teaching and completely differing
subjects they both have a unique understanding of their students and build a meaningful
relationship with them all. Throughout all their hard work they succeed in furthering
student’s education year after year. Any student who walks into their
classrooms on the first day of school expecting it to be gruesome and un-meaningful
is in for a pleasant surprise.
Essay #2
Throughout schooling every
student is exposed to a bundle of different teachers with different teaching
styles and habits. Some kids seem to like teachers who allow them to slack off
and get away with not challenging themselves, but everyone liked Mr.Haza and
Mr.Sawikki. Something about a teacher who really gives it their all and expects
students to return the favor really brings out the best in an entire group of
kids. Regardless of their differing subjects they both go above and beyond to achieve
a higher standard of learning for their students and promote them to not only
master the topics but enjoy them, even when they would otherwise be dreadful.
Mr.Haza taught physical science.
This is a class that every high school freshman is required to take in order to
graduate and is the first science class we are introduced to. It is a gateway
to all different potential science interests and nobody even knew until they
had Mr.Haza. He uses strict methods along with a bold and upbeat attitude to
gain the interest of his students. Something that all good teachers seem to
have is the ability to relate and talk to their students as equals while
continuing to have authority and respect. He would pace around the room in his dark
blue dress shirt and light brown slacks, much to overdressed for a high school
setting, and call on the kid that is sitting quietly praying not to be called
on. As much as no one wanted to be called on, we all gained something from it.
Felt better and more confident after going through the grueling task of acting
out a velocity question in front of the whole class. It taught us not to be
afraid and to be confident in learning. Each student who fell to a C in his
class was required to stay in at lunchtime and get special help from him to
raise their grade. He would kneel next to each student as he taught one on one
and would visibly wear out the knees in his expensive pants. This gave many
students incentive to do their work in the first place and if they needed help,
weather they wanted it or not, they would get it. Most kids go through high
school with the intentions to do the bare minimum and that’s it. We were not
explained the importance of science until we had Mr.Haza. Each year he talks
roughly eighty five percent of his students into taking the advanced science
track that throws you right into AP Chemistry, AP Biology, and AP Physics. He provides
his students with the tools that they need to get ahead in school.
Mr.Sawikki is teaches History.
Speaking for a vast majority of students, this is the worst required subject
throughout the high school career. It’s boring, pure memorization, and hard to
read. I’ve never seen a teacher maximize a students learning in a history class
until I walked into Mr.Sawikkis class. He was attentive, funny, and
understanding. He knows that his students are uninterested in this subject and finds
a way, whatever that may be, to make it stick. It’s easy to recall something
that was fun or that made you laugh, so he makes sure all of his classes are
filled with humor and laughter and fun while teaching the material to make it
easier to recall. He would draw horrible diagrams of places and people and
important moments of history on the white board in the front of the room while
making loud animated noises and comments. He spontaneously calls on his
students to keep them attentive and on point with the lesson. More than
anything he understood that for some people it just didn’t click. He would
spend time after class at central market and buy pizzas for everyone who showed
up. Students from all different periods would come on a Saturday and study in a
relaxing group environment. He made sure his students were taken care of.
Both Mr.Haza and Mr.Sawikki have
inspiring qualities and encourage their students to go above and beyond.
Although they have different methods of teaching and completely differing
subjects they both have a unique understanding of their students and build a meaningful
relationship with them all. Throughout all their hard work they succeed in furthering
student’s education year after year. Any student who walks into their
classrooms on the first day of school expecting it to be gruesome and un-meaningful
is in for a pleasant surprise.
Essay #2
Throughout schooling every
student is exposed to a bundle of different teachers with different teaching
styles and habits. Some kids seem to like teachers who allow them to slack off
and get away with not challenging themselves, but everyone liked Mr.Haza and
Mr.Sawikki. Something about a teacher who really gives it their all and expects
students to return the favor really brings out the best in an entire group of
kids. Regardless of their differing subjects they both go above and beyond to achieve
a higher standard of learning for their students and promote them to not only
master the topics but enjoy them, even when they would otherwise be dreadful.
Mr.Haza taught physical science.
This is a class that every high school freshman is required to take in order to
graduate and is the first science class we are introduced to. It is a gateway
to all different potential science interests and nobody even knew until they
had Mr.Haza. He uses strict methods along with a bold and upbeat attitude to
gain the interest of his students. Something that all good teachers seem to
have is the ability to relate and talk to their students as equals while
continuing to have authority and respect. He would pace around the room in his dark
blue dress shirt and light brown slacks, much to overdressed for a high school
setting, and call on the kid that is sitting quietly praying not to be called
on. As much as no one wanted to be called on, we all gained something from it.
Felt better and more confident after going through the grueling task of acting
out a velocity question in front of the whole class. It taught us not to be
afraid and to be confident in learning. Each student who fell to a C in his
class was required to stay in at lunchtime and get special help from him to
raise their grade. He would kneel next to each student as he taught one on one
and would visibly wear out the knees in his expensive pants. This gave many
students incentive to do their work in the first place and if they needed help,
weather they wanted it or not, they would get it. Most kids go through high
school with the intentions to do the bare minimum and that’s it. We were not
explained the importance of science until we had Mr.Haza. Each year he talks
roughly eighty five percent of his students into taking the advanced science
track that throws you right into AP Chemistry, AP Biology, and AP Physics. He provides
his students with the tools that they need to get ahead in school.
Mr.Sawikki is teaches History.
Speaking for a vast majority of students, this is the worst required subject
throughout the high school career. It’s boring, pure memorization, and hard to
read. I’ve never seen a teacher maximize a students learning in a history class
until I walked into Mr.Sawikkis class. He was attentive, funny, and
understanding. He knows that his students are uninterested in this subject and finds
a way, whatever that may be, to make it stick. It’s easy to recall something
that was fun or that made you laugh, so he makes sure all of his classes are
filled with humor and laughter and fun while teaching the material to make it
easier to recall. He would draw horrible diagrams of places and people and
important moments of history on the white board in the front of the room while
making loud animated noises and comments. He spontaneously calls on his
students to keep them attentive and on point with the lesson. More than
anything he understood that for some people it just didn’t click. He would
spend time after class at central market and buy pizzas for everyone who showed
up. Students from all different periods would come on a Saturday and study in a
relaxing group environment. He made sure his students were taken care of.
Both Mr.Haza and Mr.Sawikki have
inspiring qualities and encourage their students to go above and beyond.
Although they have different methods of teaching and completely differing
subjects they both have a unique understanding of their students and build a meaningful
relationship with them all. Throughout all their hard work they succeed in furthering
student’s education year after year. Any student who walks into their
classrooms on the first day of school expecting it to be gruesome and un-meaningful
is in for a pleasant surprise.
Essay #2
Throughout schooling every
student is exposed to a bundle of different teachers with different teaching
styles and habits. Some kids seem to like teachers who allow them to slack off
and get away with not challenging themselves, but everyone liked Mr.Haza and
Mr.Sawikki. Something about a teacher who really gives it their all and expects
students to return the favor really brings out the best in an entire group of
kids. Regardless of their differing subjects they both go above and beyond to achieve
a higher standard of learning for their students and promote them to not only
master the topics but enjoy them, even when they would otherwise be dreadful.
Mr.Haza taught physical science.
This is a class that every high school freshman is required to take in order to
graduate and is the first science class we are introduced to. It is a gateway
to all different potential science interests and nobody even knew until they
had Mr.Haza. He uses strict methods along with a bold and upbeat attitude to
gain the interest of his students. Something that all good teachers seem to
have is the ability to relate and talk to their students as equals while
continuing to have authority and respect. He would pace around the room in his dark
blue dress shirt and light brown slacks, much to overdressed for a high school
setting, and call on the kid that is sitting quietly praying not to be called
on. As much as no one wanted to be called on, we all gained something from it.
Felt better and more confident after going through the grueling task of acting
out a velocity question in front of the whole class. It taught us not to be
afraid and to be confident in learning. Each student who fell to a C in his
class was required to stay in at lunchtime and get special help from him to
raise their grade. He would kneel next to each student as he taught one on one
and would visibly wear out the knees in his expensive pants. This gave many
students incentive to do their work in the first place and if they needed help,
weather they wanted it or not, they would get it. Most kids go through high
school with the intentions to do the bare minimum and that’s it. We were not
explained the importance of science until we had Mr.Haza. Each year he talks
roughly eighty five percent of his students into taking the advanced science
track that throws you right into AP Chemistry, AP Biology, and AP Physics. He provides
his students with the tools that they need to get ahead in school.
Mr.Sawikki is teaches History.
Speaking for a vast majority of students, this is the worst required subject
throughout the high school career. It’s boring, pure memorization, and hard to
read. I’ve never seen a teacher maximize a students learning in a history class
until I walked into Mr.Sawikkis class. He was attentive, funny, and
understanding. He knows that his students are uninterested in this subject and finds
a way, whatever that may be, to make it stick. It’s easy to recall something
that was fun or that made you laugh, so he makes sure all of his classes are
filled with humor and laughter and fun while teaching the material to make it
easier to recall. He would draw horrible diagrams of places and people and
important moments of history on the white board in the front of the room while
making loud animated noises and comments. He spontaneously calls on his
students to keep them attentive and on point with the lesson. More than
anything he understood that for some people it just didn’t click. He would
spend time after class at central market and buy pizzas for everyone who showed
up. Students from all different periods would come on a Saturday and study in a
relaxing group environment. He made sure his students were taken care of.
Both Mr.Haza and Mr.Sawikki have
inspiring qualities and encourage their students to go above and beyond.
Although they have different methods of teaching and completely differing
subjects they both have a unique understanding of their students and build a meaningful
relationship with them all. Throughout all their hard work they succeed in furthering
student’s education year after year. Any student who walks into their
classrooms on the first day of school expecting it to be gruesome and un-meaningful
is in for a pleasant surprise.
Essay #2
Throughout schooling every
student is exposed to a bundle of different teachers with different teaching
styles and habits. Some kids seem to like teachers who allow them to slack off
and get away with not challenging themselves, but everyone liked Mr.Haza and
Mr.Sawikki. Something about a teacher who really gives it their all and expects
students to return the favor really brings out the best in an entire group of
kids. Regardless of their differing subjects they both go above and beyond to achieve
a higher standard of learning for their students and promote them to not only
master the topics but enjoy them, even when they would otherwise be dreadful.
Mr.Haza taught physical science.
This is a class that every high school freshman is required to take in order to
graduate and is the first science class we are introduced to. It is a gateway
to all different potential science interests and nobody even knew until they
had Mr.Haza. He uses strict methods along with a bold and upbeat attitude to
gain the interest of his students. Something that all good teachers seem to
have is the ability to relate and talk to their students as equals while
continuing to have authority and respect. He would pace around the room in his dark
blue dress shirt and light brown slacks, much to overdressed for a high school
setting, and call on the kid that is sitting quietly praying not to be called
on. As much as no one wanted to be called on, we all gained something from it.
Felt better and more confident after going through the grueling task of acting
out a velocity question in front of the whole class. It taught us not to be
afraid and to be confident in learning. Each student who fell to a C in his
class was required to stay in at lunchtime and get special help from him to
raise their grade. He would kneel next to each student as he taught one on one
and would visibly wear out the knees in his expensive pants. This gave many
students incentive to do their work in the first place and if they needed help,
weather they wanted it or not, they would get it. Most kids go through high
school with the intentions to do the bare minimum and that’s it. We were not
explained the importance of science until we had Mr.Haza. Each year he talks
roughly eighty five percent of his students into taking the advanced science
track that throws you right into AP Chemistry, AP Biology, and AP Physics. He provides
his students with the tools that they need to get ahead in school.
Mr.Sawikki is teaches History.
Speaking for a vast majority of students, this is the worst required subject
throughout the high school career. It’s boring, pure memorization, and hard to
read. I’ve never seen a teacher maximize a students learning in a history class
until I walked into Mr.Sawikkis class. He was attentive, funny, and
understanding. He knows that his students are uninterested in this subject and finds
a way, whatever that may be, to make it stick. It’s easy to recall something
that was fun or that made you laugh, so he makes sure all of his classes are
filled with humor and laughter and fun while teaching the material to make it
easier to recall. He would draw horrible diagrams of places and people and
important moments of history on the white board in the front of the room while
making loud animated noises and comments. He spontaneously calls on his
students to keep them attentive and on point with the lesson. More than
anything he understood that for some people it just didn’t click. He would
spend time after class at central market and buy pizzas for everyone who showed
up. Students from all different periods would come on a Saturday and study in a
relaxing group environment. He made sure his students were taken care of.
Both Mr.Haza and Mr.Sawikki have
inspiring qualities and encourage their students to go above and beyond.
Although they have different methods of teaching and completely differing
subjects they both have a unique understanding of their students and build a meaningful
relationship with them all. Throughout all their hard work they succeed in furthering
student’s education year after year. Any student who walks into their
classrooms on the first day of school expecting it to be gruesome and un-meaningful
is in for a pleasant surprise.
Essay #2
Throughout schooling every
student is exposed to a bundle of different teachers with different teaching
styles and habits. Some kids seem to like teachers who allow them to slack off
and get away with not challenging themselves, but everyone liked Mr.Haza and
Mr.Sawikki. Something about a teacher who really gives it their all and expects
students to return the favor really brings out the best in an entire group of
kids. Regardless of their differing subjects they both go above and beyond to achieve
a higher standard of learning for their students and promote them to not only
master the topics but enjoy them, even when they would otherwise be dreadful.
Mr.Haza taught physical science.
This is a class that every high school freshman is required to take in order to
graduate and is the first science class we are introduced to. It is a gateway
to all different potential science interests and nobody even knew until they
had Mr.Haza. He uses strict methods along with a bold and upbeat attitude to
gain the interest of his students. Something that all good teachers seem to
have is the ability to relate and talk to their students as equals while
continuing to have authority and respect. He would pace around the room in his dark
blue dress shirt and light brown slacks, much to overdressed for a high school
setting, and call on the kid that is sitting quietly praying not to be called
on. As much as no one wanted to be called on, we all gained something from it.
Felt better and more confident after going through the grueling task of acting
out a velocity question in front of the whole class. It taught us not to be
afraid and to be confident in learning. Each student who fell to a C in his
class was required to stay in at lunchtime and get special help from him to
raise their grade. He would kneel next to each student as he taught one on one
and would visibly wear out the knees in his expensive pants. This gave many
students incentive to do their work in the first place and if they needed help,
weather they wanted it or not, they would get it. Most kids go through high
school with the intentions to do the bare minimum and that’s it. We were not
explained the importance of science until we had Mr.Haza. Each year he talks
roughly eighty five percent of his students into taking the advanced science
track that throws you right into AP Chemistry, AP Biology, and AP Physics. He provides
his students with the tools that they need to get ahead in school.
Mr.Sawikki is teaches History.
Speaking for a vast majority of students, this is the worst required subject
throughout the high school career. It’s boring, pure memorization, and hard to
read. I’ve never seen a teacher maximize a students learning in a history class
until I walked into Mr.Sawikkis class. He was attentive, funny, and
understanding. He knows that his students are uninterested in this subject and finds
a way, whatever that may be, to make it stick. It’s easy to recall something
that was fun or that made you laugh, so he makes sure all of his classes are
filled with humor and laughter and fun while teaching the material to make it
easier to recall. He would draw horrible diagrams of places and people and
important moments of history on the white board in the front of the room while
making loud animated noises and comments. He spontaneously calls on his
students to keep them attentive and on point with the lesson. More than
anything he understood that for some people it just didn’t click. He would
spend time after class at central market and buy pizzas for everyone who showed
up. Students from all different periods would come on a Saturday and study in a
relaxing group environment. He made sure his students were taken care of.
Both Mr.Haza and Mr.Sawikki have
inspiring qualities and encourage their students to go above and beyond.
Although they have different methods of teaching and completely differing
subjects they both have a unique understanding of their students and build a meaningful
relationship with them all. Throughout all their hard work they succeed in furthering
student’s education year after year. Any student who walks into their
classrooms on the first day of school expecting it to be gruesome and un-meaningful
is in for a pleasant surprise.
Rough draft essay #2
Throughout schooling every
student is exposed to a bundle of different teachers with different teaching
styles and habits. Some kids seem to like teachers who allow them to slack off
and get away with not challenging themselves, but everyone liked Mr.Haza and
Mr.Sawikki. Something about a teacher who really gives it their all and expects
students to return the favor really brings out the best in an entire group of
kids. Regardless of their differing subjects they both go above and beyond to achieve
a higher standard of learning for their students and promote them to not only
master the topics but enjoy them, even when they would otherwise be dreadful.
Mr.Haza taught physical science.
This is a class that every high school freshman is required to take in order to
graduate and is the first science class we are introduced to. It is a gateway
to all different potential science interests and nobody even knew until they
had Mr.Haza. He uses strict methods along with a bold and upbeat attitude to
gain the interest of his students. Something that all good teachers seem to
have is the ability to relate and talk to their students as equals while
continuing to have authority and respect. Each student who fell to a C in his
class was required to stay in at lunchtime and get special help from him to
raise their grade. He would kneel next to each student as he taught one on one
and would visibly wear out the knees in his expensive pants. . Most kids go through high
school with the intentions to do the bare minimum and that’s it. We were not
explained the importance of science until we had Mr.Haza. Each year he talks
roughly eighty five percent of his students into taking the advanced science
track that throws you right into AP Chemistry, AP Biology, and AP Physics.
Mr.Sawikki is teaches History.
Speaking for a vast majority of students, this is the worst required subject
throughout the high school career. It’s boring, pure memorization, and hard to
read. I’ve never seen a teacher maximize a students learning in a history class
until I walked into Mr.Sawikkis class. He was attentive, funny, and
understanding. He knows that his students are uninterested in this subject and finds
a way, whatever that may be, to make it stick. It’s easy to recall something
that was fun or that made you laugh, so he makes sure all of his classes are
filled with humor and laughter and fun while teaching the material to make it
easier to recall. He would
spend time after class at central market and buy pizzas for everyone who showed
up. Students from all different periods would come on a Saturday and study in a
relaxing group environment. He made sure his students were taken care of.
Both Mr.Haza and Mr.Sawikki have
inspiring qualities and encourage their students to go above and beyond.
Although they have different methods of teaching and completely differing
subjects they both have a unique understanding of their students and build a meaningful
relationship with them all. Throughout all their hard work they succeed in furthering
student’s education year after year. Any student who walks into their
classrooms on the first day of school expecting it to be gruesome and un-meaningful
is in for a pleasant surprise.
Thursday, November 7, 2013
School differences
Garfield High and Welton Academy are two incredibly different schools. Garfield High is a school in LA where most kids who are attending are under educated and have a lack of motivation and influence to help them finish and continue school. Welton Academy is a private school where tuition is paid to attend and parents expect there students to do extremely well. The teachers at Garfield don't feel that their students can perform at any higher levels than what they are teaching, while Welton's teachers focus on purely academic success. There's an extremely large difference in wealth and status between the students in both schools. The students who attend Garfield are from the hood and are low income students. Welton is full of extremely wealthy high class students who's parents pay for tuition, room and board, and anything else they might need. Although status is very prominently differentiated, ambitions are also another noticeable difference. Garfield's students are not concerned with school and have no future plans, most of them plan to work in a family business or go right into a job/career after high school to work for the rest of their lives. Welton's students consist of kids who are pushed by there parents to achieve high in school and go on to a four year college for pre-planned and thought out careers. They all want to please there parents by achieving the goals set out for them. Classes and teaching ability are also another difference. Welton has an array of posibuilities of classes that can pretain to any certain subject a student might want to go to school for. Garfield has a small staff of limited teaching with no computers in there school for the students to access. The teaching is very poor and cut to bare minimum classes where teachers are required to teach a subject they themselves haven't gone to school for. Overall there are many obvious differences in the schools.
Wednesday, November 6, 2013
Mr. Escalante and Mr. Keating
From first glance Mr.Escalante and Mr.Keating seemed to have nothing in common besides the fact that they are both teachers. They teach in completely different settings to completely different kids. Mr. Escalante is teaching kids that don't have drive to be in school and no faith put in them by there parents. Mr. Keating is teaching kids who have all the expectations in the world of them by their parents, and are strictly about school and getting good grades. These are completely different settings to teach kids in and you would think that they would not bring out similarities in the teachers, but they do. Each teacher shows an enormous amount of compassion for the kids and a desire to help them accomplish something important. Mr. Escalante is focused on pushing the kids to achieve there full potential and gain college credit by passing an AP Calculus class. Mr. Keating is striving for almost the exact opposite. The kids in his private school that he is teaching are all academics, no fun. He strives to put excitement, passion, and creative ambition back in there life through poetry. He wants to be able to teach the kids to be creative along with there academic achievements. He uses many uses of outgoing teaching to extract the creativity from his students. In one scene he picks on his shy student and tells him to recite a poem that he didn't do. He then proceeds to make him stand in front of the class and prompts the creativity out of him into a deep poem. Mr. Escalante uses similar techniques that are shown when he calls on one student in his class that feels like he is the least intelligent and helps him solve the problem in front of the class using sarcasm and unique teaching methods. Both teachers are unique and similar in there own ways, and both are incredible teachers.
Tuesday, November 5, 2013
Reactions to part two
Although the end of the movie was very predictable it was also an all around good ending. After all the hard work he put in it paid off for everyone. The idea that all the kids cheated is very interesting because if the scores really were all the same I imagine they would be checked regardless of the school. But at the same time its interesting to think about if there is racism or prejudice involved, which i'm sure there is. Its heartbreaking to think that kids would get questioned and doubted for all passing when they worked so hard to get where they were. in the end they all re tested which I didn't think should have been that big of a deal. aside from the fact that it was stupid to make them, if they did it once they can do it again. It was a good ending when they all got amazing scores again, because I having taken the AP Chemistry test among others realize how hard it is to get a 4 and above. Overall I really liked the movie.
is Mr. Escalante a good teacher?
Yes. He's a wonderful teacher that's why there is a movie about him! There are a number of good aspects to his teaching. He starts out at an underprivileged school doing his first year of teaching. He quits his old money making job to be a teacher. He gets a class of students that aren't encouraged to be disciplined in school. He gives them mentoring and hope and pushes them to believe they can accomplish something academically in their lives. Through his pushy and sarcastic attitude he gets an entire class of students to agree to take a summer course to complete an AP Calculus class and take the AP test. throughout all the trials the students go through he takes a special liking to many of them. He volunteers his entire summer, before and after classes, and weekends to teach these kids math. He is a very inspirational teacher. He uses a smart ass sense of humor to connect with the kids and at the same time to assert dominance. He works very hard for his students and gets them to put forth the same effort he is. He believes in them and shows them support when no other teachers in the school do.
brainstorm paper #2
For the second paper I want to choose two of my own teachers. I think the teachers in both films are obviously amazing, but they've already been recognized with an entire movie made about them! I want to write about teachers that I have been encouraged by first hand so I can really understand and express their good teachings. I've considered writing about a few terrible teachers because I have definitely had a lot of those, but I feel there is nothing good and particularly productive about that. it would be hard because they haven't impacted my life in a memorable way, only in a semester of hell and I moved on. I want to pick two teachers that really have good teaching skills and be able to explain how they help further all students education including mine. if it weren't for a few of my amazing teachers, I wouldn't be going to school for pharmacy like I am now. it will make writing my essay easier if i'm writing about a teacher I know.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)