Final Draft paper number three!

The moment you walk into any schooling system you can tell what its focuses are. Math, English, science, and the occasional history. It’s apparent that our school’s are lacking something vital and that is communication. School’s are so focused on cramming an extensive amount of information in kids’ minds to set them up to pass state issued tests and so on. What the school system needs is a communication class to teach the kids to be open and interactive. Everything in school is teaching pure information, what kids are lacking are communication skills that teach them how to talk to people and be confident in themselves.

What our children need is to have the chance to set themselves apart from others and give themselves the best chance of succeeding possible. The most qualified person in the world is not going to get a job if they can’t walk into an interview and represent themselves appropriately. There are very few jobs that are strictly independent, young adults need to learn how to communicate with others in order to be able to work in a group setting. Schools are focusing on meeting only academic standards and its crippling student’s ability to have an opportunity to express their thoughts and opinions. Worst of all, schools are teaching kids that this is something that does not need to be addressed. Allowing them to think that getting good grades will ensure success. In his book Pedagogy of the oppressed, Paolo Freire writes “education is suffering from narration sickness” (Chapter two), and that’s just it. With teacher’s bonuses depending on how their students pass a state issued test, of course classes are going to focus in from an academic standpoint. Not to mention all of the schools budget cuts students aren’t even being offered extra-curricular activities such as debate, drama, and other various sports. Schools need to recognize the value of making a class like this mandatory to ensure a well-rounded array of opportunities for their students.

                Unfortunately school systems are being set up to suggest to students that conformity is important, and are making sure they are dependent on their teachers to feed them knowledge to recite at a later date. In bell hook’s book Critical Thinking, she notes “those students who do not dread thinking often come to class assuming that thinking will not be necessary, that all they will need to do is consume information and regurgitate it at the appropriate moments” When really they should be benefiting from the opportunity of learning how to think critically on their own. In a real life setting there is no teacher directing you on how to complete the group task that may be at hand, you are left to figure these things out on your own. Young adults are not granted the free knowledge in a normal situation, they need to take the initiative to go and get it themselves. A communications class would begin to build and prepare them for the real world and build a sense of confidence student’s lack, allowing them to be successful in communicating.

                Schools aren’t giving students the opportunities to learn productive communication and express themselves in a positive way, and it’s crippling our young adults.  Behavioral problems would be sufficiently lessoned if students were given some way to channel their energy into acting positive. In the movie Chalk, directed by Mike Akel, the students had severe behavioral problems and don’t listen to their teacher, which causes the teacher to feel overpowered. This would help shape our young student’s into adults. In Chalk, when the history teacher lost “teacher of the year” he became very upset and flipped a desk in front of his students. If he had better communication skills he would have been able to express himself in a more appropriate manner. Also, after he had behaved so negatively in front of his students, he didn’t know how to apologize or explain himself to his students, which he would have known how if he had been taught how to handle such situations. If kids were taking a class to teach them how to communicate positively it would help with students talking skills, which becomes their behavior. Kids are being robbed of their chance to become outspoken independent people. It’s something that seems so easy to learn but unfortunately many people don’t, and schools need to address this. In her article, “Arizona Bans Mexican American Studies Program”, Deb Aronson writes “young people being empowered is scary to many people, institutions, and establishments” and involving kids in the ability to communicate is empowering them. Schools should not fear or restrain young minds growing to express themselves in becoming young outspoken adults. It is important to equip students with what they need to succeed outside of school, and while math will always be helpful, knowing how to talk to people and convey yourself to others is something that will be necessary on a day to day basis.

            Initially people might think this class would be a waste of time and that it would be an easy A, but its teachings would be valuable. Many people think that children get enough social interaction at school with their fellow classmates and should be learning how to communicate on their own by trial and error. Unfortunately what people fail to see is that the ability to have friends and be social with someone you are close to is not what people are lacking, they are lacking the ability to be confident in their speech and walk into any situation prepared. Common people might assume that the teachings in this class would be social, meaning, talking and gossiping with fellow classmates which is not true. It would be designed to create situations for students and see how they would react, and then showing and teaching them the right way to act. This class in no way would be made to teach kids how to have friends, but how to handle situations presented in life.  

The movie Dead Poets Society, directed by Peter Weir, is a perfect example of how schools drive to be purely academic and don’t feel it necessary to hold on to classes such as drama. The school teaches students that if they want to be an accountant, to take accounting classes. Of course you are going to need accounting classes, but how will you gain clients if you have no people skills. No one will want to do business with you. In the movie a student’s parents wouldn’t allow him to take drama because he was on a purely academic track. He didn’t know how to take control of his life and convey to his parents and teachers what he wanted. This resulted in him ultimately committing suicide. If he had learned how to deal with these situations he would have been more prepared to handle them, and perhaps his situation would not have become so dire. Being able to talk to people and being comfortable in social situations is a requirement in life. This is what our schools need, and that is what they are lacking.  

Without the addition of a communication class, school would ultimately be the same. Class would be academic and students would become experts in reciting, but they will continue to have a harsh realization that they are not yet equipped to handle real world situations when they begin to encounter them immediately after graduating high school. When they move into their dorms at college, when they go to their first job interview, and when they encounter a difficult situation with someone they just met. They will be forced to try and adapt like they always have been, when schools could be preparing them with knowledge that is immediately applicable to the real world.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sited sources

 

hooks, bell. Critical Thinking: Practical Wisdom. New York: Routledge, 2010. Print.

 

Freire, Paulo. Pedagogy of the Oppressed. New York: Herder and Herder, 1970. Print.

 

Debaronson.com. Arizona band Mexican American studies program, 2012. Web. September 2012.

 

Chalk. Dir. Mike Akel. Perf. Jeff Guerrero, Chris Mass. Virgil Films, 2007. DVD.

 

Dead poets Society. Dir. Peter Weir. Perf. Robin Williams, Robert Leonard. Buena Vista Pictures, 1989. DVD.

 

 

sited sources

Sited sources

 

hooks, bell. Critical Thinking: Practical Wisdom. New York: Routledge, 2010. Print.

 

Freire, Paulo. Pedagogy of the Oppressed. New York: Herder and Herder, 1970. Print.

 

Debaronson.com. Arizona band Mexican American studies program, 2012. Web. September 2012.

 

Chalk. Dir. Mike Akel. Perf. Jeff Guerrero, Chris Mass. Virgil Films, 2007. DVD.

 

Dead poets Society. Dir. Peter Weir. Perf. Robin Williams, Robert Leonard. Buena Vista Pictures, 1989. DVD.

Rough draft

The moment you walk into any schooling system you can tell what its focuses are. Math, English, science, and the occasional history. It’s apparent that our schools are lacking something vital and that is communication. Schools are so focused on cramming an extensive amount of information in kids’ minds to set them up to pass state issued tests and so on. What the school system needs is a communication class to teach the kids to be open and interactive. Everything in school is teaching pure information, what kids are lacking are communication skills that teach them how to talk to people and be confident in themselves.

                What our children need is to have the chance to set themselves apart from others and give themselves the best chance of succeeding possible. The most qualified person in the world is not going to get a job if they can’t walk into an interview and represent themselves appropriately. There are very few jobs that are strictly independent, young adults need to learn how to communicate with others in order to be able to work in a group setting. Schools are focusing on meeting only academic standards and its crippling student’s ability to have an opportunity to express their thoughts and opinions. Worst of all, schools are teaching kids that this is something that does not need to be addressed. Allowing them to think that getting good grades will ensure success. In his book Pedagogy of the oppressed, Paolo Freire writes “education is suffering from narration sickness” (Chapter two), and that’s just it. With all of the schools budget cuts students aren’t even being offered extra-curricular activities such as debate, drama, and other various sports. Schools need to recognize the value of making a class like this mandatory to ensure a well-rounded array of opportunities for their students.

                Unfortunately school systems are being set up to suggest to students that conformity is important, and are making sure they are dependent on their teachers to feed them knowledge to recite at a later date. In bell hooks book Critical Thinking, she notes “those students who do not dread thinking often come to class assuming that thinking will not be necessary, that all they will need to do is consume information and regurgitate it at the appropriate moments” When really they should be benefiting from the opportunity of learning how to think critically on their own. Which would require them to form their own thoughts and opinions. Opinions meant to be expressed and build a sense of confidence student’s lack, allowing them to be successful in communicating.

                Schools aren’t giving students the opportunities to learn productive communication and express themselves in a positive way, and it’s crippling our young adults.  Behavioral problems would be sufficiently lessoned if students were given some way to channel their energy into acting positive. In the movie Chalk, directed by Mike Akel, the students had severe behavioral problems and don’t listen to their teacher, which causes the teacher to feel overpowered. If kids were taking a class to teach them how to communicate positively it would help with students talking skills, which becomes their behavior. Kids are being robbed of their chance to become outspoken independent people. It’s something that seems so easy to learn but unfortunately many people don’t, and schools need to address this. In her article, Arizona Bans Mexican American Studies Program, Deb Aronson writes “young people being empowered is scary to many people, institutions, and establishments” and involving kids in the ability to communicate is empowering them. Schools should not fear or restrain young minds growing to express themselves in becoming young outspoken adults. It is important to equip students with what they need to succeed outside of school, and while math will always be helpful, knowing how to talk to people and convey yourself to others is something that will be necessary on a day to day basis.

The movie Dead Poets Society, directed by Peter Weir, is a perfect example of how schools drive to be purely academic and don’t feel it necessary to hold on to classes such as drama. The school teaches students that if they want to be an accountant, to take accounting classes. Of course you are going to need accounting classes, but how will you gain clients if you have no people skills. No one will want to do business with you. Being able to talk to people and being comfortable in social situations is a requirement in life. This is what our schools need, and that is what they are lacking.  

Not to put the schooling system completely to shame, it has somewhat been attempted to be added as optional curriculum in classes such as public speech. Although this deals with speaking skills it narrows its teaching on, again, memorizing and reciting speeches. A communication class needs to be focused on getting a student’s attention and allowing them to form opinions and be able to find ways to word them, to allow them the opportunity to work collaboratively. 

super duper rough draft/brainstorm ideas

     “education is suffering from narration sickness”

In his book Pedagogy of the oppressed, Paolo Freire writes “education is suffering from narration sickness” (Chapter two)

“those students who do not dread thinking often come to classes assuming that thinking will not be necessary, that all they will need to do is consume information and regurgitate is at the appropriate moments.”

The moment you walk into any schooling system you can tell what its focuses are. Math, English, science, and the occasional history. It’s apparent that our schools are lacking something vital and that is communication. Schools are so focused on cramming an extensive amount of information in kids’ minds to set them up to pass state issued tests and so on. What the school system needs is a communication class to teach the kids to be open and interactive. Everything in school is teaching pure information, what kids are lacking are communication skills that teach them how to talk to people and be confident in themselves.

                What our children need is to have the chance to set themselves apart from others and give themselves the best chance of succeeding possible. The most qualified person in the world is not going to get a job if they can’t walk into an interview and represent themselves appropriately. There are very few jobs that are strictly independent, kids need to learn how to communicate with others in order to be able to work in a group setting. Schools are focusing on meeting only academic standards and its crippling student’s ability to have an opportunity to express their thoughts and opinions. Worst of all, schools are teaching kids that this is something that does not need to be addressed. Allowing them to think that getting good grades will ensure success. In his book Pedagogy of the oppressed, Paolo Freire writes “education is suffering from narration sickness” (Chapter two), and that’s just it. With all of the schools budget cuts students aren’t even being offered extra-curricular activities such as debate, drama, and other various sports. Schools need to recognize the value of making a class like this mandatory to ensure a well-rounded array of opportunities for their students.

                Unfortunately school systems are being set up to suggest to students that conformity is important, and are making sure they are dependent on their teachers to feed them knowledge to recite at a later date. In bell hooks book Critical Thinking, she notes “those students who do not dread thinking often come to class assuming that thinking will not be necessary, that all they will need to do is consume information and regurgitate it at the appropriate moments” When really they should be benefiting from the opportunity of learning how to think critically on their own. Which would require them to form their own thoughts and opinions. Opinions meant to be expressed and build a sense of confidence students lack, allowing them to be successful in communicating.

                Schools are getting so bad that students have behavioral issues due to the fact that they are forced to conform to what is being taught with no freedom to

 Kids are being robbed of their chance to become outspoken independent people.

 

Group ratings & disagreements

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

rank 1-5 (mine)

Bell hooks- 1

Keith Gilyard- 2

Deb Aronson- 3

Jerry Large- 4

Barry Boyce- 5

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.