Creative Connecter
A part in chapter one that really stuck out to me was when Gregory Michie was having a hard time getting through to his students. They showed no interest in learning what he was teaching and often tried to get him side-tracked. Then one day he came up with a plan on how to get them interested: relate it to their lives. Once he did this many of his students got thoroughly involved and the material sunk in. This reminds me of when I was student teaching and trying to teach a unit in German on music. Instead of just giving them vocabulary and lectures about German music, I gave them chances to talk about what music they listened to, why they liked it, etc. This kept most of the students interested because they were passionate about their music.
In the second chapter there is a passage where Gregory Michie has to make a decision about whether he should cross a certain line with a student. He wanted to comfort a student by giving a hug but was unsure of what repercussions that will have. This sort of reminds me of a time during student teaching when I had a student that persistent on wanting to be my friend outside of the classroom. While I thought he was a very nice kid, I didn’t want to cross that line ever. I made it clear to him that we weren’t going to be friends, but I would still help and listen if he ever needed it.
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Students need to know that teachers really do care about them.
-Stephanie
Steph, I really liked your creative connector passage on crossing the line with students. We had a great discussion on this and how we all feel that the line can be justified and crossed in certain situations but we must always watch ourselves! I think it's interesting how Mr. Michie decided at that very moment when his student started to break down and cry that he didn't care about what line he was crossing, he was going to comfort him because at that moment it was right and he was the only one who could. I believe that if as teachers, we are the only comfort a student can find at that given moment, that we should be able to cross that line. If there is ever moments we are unsure, we need to make sure that line is very clear for ourselves and our students so that they are aware of it too.
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