The story starts eighteen years ago in the small town of Clinton, Maine. In a two story, brown, ranch style house, two new parents and their daughter start their lives as a family. The parents want nothing but the best for their daughter, they wanted her to be happy, healthy, and educated. The daughter in this is me, Alyssa Higbie. I loved where I lived, for the most part at least. I loved the small town feel, nothing was too cramped. I always had space to roam and quite place to think. I knew practically everyone when I was growing up. The small town feel also made its way into the classroom, for all my years in elementary school I do not remember ever having a class that had more than 15 students. Because of this I was able to have more of a one on one relationship with my teachers. I believe that this interaction as a young student really helped me to have a connection and passion for learning. I would consider myself fairly lucky for my life situation. While I did have a few risk factors such as being in a low income family and having a disability, these did not hold me back. For my entire childhood my parents did not work, we lived off of my mother’s disability checks, and savings in the bank. My parents did a remarkable job of making sure that I did not know much about our financial situation when I was growing up, so I never worried about it. All I knew was that I had a roof over my head, clean clothes, food on the table, and what ever I needed cared for. As far as my disability goes, I have been Type 1 diabetic since age 2 and a half. With being diagnosed so young, I do not remember a time when I was not diabetic. While some people may think of this as a ‘bad’ thing, I find it to have actually helped me in the long run.... ... middle of paper ... ...f I am having a particularly emotional day, especially in times where thoughts and feelings of my mother arise, then it is sometimes difficult to get back on track. For me to learn and process information the best, I need clear information given to me in a written form ideally, as well as talking out what is going on. Between the written and oral description of something I am better able to understand the information or task. I am also very much am a combination of a couple different learning styles, as most students are. If I am able to see, hear, and somehow touch the material then it is going to have the maximum absorption into my memory. As far as hindering my learning goes, if lessons are in lecture form information normally seems to slip through my memory. I need to be able to make a number of connections to be able to remember information for the long term.
How does this relate to how you see yourself as a teacher? I appreciated how the teacher was spontaneous in reading to the children. For example, in the story Otis makes a noise putt puff putted chuff and she asked the students to mimic the noise that Otis made. I think that by being spontaneous and being sensitive to the environment and atmosphere learning will be fun and more memorable for the children.
The poem “Students,” by Tom Wayman and the story, “Crow Lake,” by Mary Lawson presents two teachers who cope with the same difficulties of teaching. Although the teachers are faced with identical circumstances, their resolutions for the problem vary. Wayman, in the poem, and the narrator in the story both fails to make connection with their students, however, Wayman understands his students’ behavior while the narrator refuses to communicate and simply gives up on teaching.
As a learning provider it is essential that I have the ability to meet the requirements of someone who is deemed as a learner. Many of us know that people are different and receive information in several different ways. It is also ideal to become aware of what motivates a learner to understand the information which is being delivered to them in the classroom. As learning providers we cannot make the assumption that everybody learns in the same way because if that were the case we would soon find that the learners will only have the ability to remember certain parts of the information that they most relate to. This would result in the learners being unsuccessful in the class room. For example the VARK method from Neil Flemings (1987) theory, this shows that learners can take information in, in different ways.
Mrs. Plot, one of the hardest English teachers in Murray County High School, was my teacher that year. She was a very determined and driven teacher that did not tolerate her students to fail her class, even if they were lazy. I had heard horror stories from her former students, but she was nothing like they said she was. She was the only teacher that I have connected with all throughout school. I looked forward to her class every morning because she always made learning fun. Mrs. Plot gave out good advice about English, but she also gave me personal advice and was more of a friend to me. She always knew what to say to me when I had problems. She motivated me to do better with my writing; we went to a journalism class together every week that year. Mrs. Plot deepened my love for reading and writing. Without her, I would not be the kind of student I am today. On every assignment in her class, I got the most feedback and it helped me out a lot. It took me a long time to become a decent writer, but with her help she sped up the process. I put all of my effort in every single paper I have written, especially for her
As my voyage to reaching my goal of becoming an educator nears its final stages, I am becoming even more eager to finally be able to do what I’ve been dreaming of doing for practically my entire life. I know that my immense patience for children will be beneficial to my future students. I know that I will make a difference in their lives. I know that I will be a valuable member of whatever school in Lee County that I teach at.
However, the learning style that best suited my abilities was reading and writing. Based on this learning style, one prefers for information to be displayed in words. Individuals who possess this learning style operate and communicate effectively with words. This methodology of transmitting information from the short term memory storage (STS) to the long term memory storage (LTS) can be attributed to the read/write learning style. It encourages text based input and output in all its forms, utilizing the same skills for reading and writing in order to learn. Being a read/write learner demonstrates learning through the processes most commonly used. Having words is a cultural component of who we are and read/write are both important skills not just for the professional scope, but for the cognitive process as well. Read/write learning style stimulates the frontal lobe of the brain where higher level processes are held. Then in the left hemisphere, where articulation and comprehension for language is centralized, this learning style mobilizes activity in this region which consequently results to increased productivity overall. “Those who prefer this modality are often addicted to PowerPoint , the Internet, lists, filofaxes, dictionaries, thesauri, quotations and words,” ( n.d., stellar leadership). This learning styles is highly encouraged in education and other fields,
It’s funny how quickly time flies by it seems like just yesterday I was complaining about writing the first part of this assignment. Looking back at it now, the reasons why I want to become a teacher remain the same. I want to inspire, shape, encourage, and mentor my students. I want to make the kind of impact on each and every single one of them that they will carry on for the rest of their lives. Whether it be simply believing in them, and telling them that I know they are capable of accomplishing anything they want to, or helping them through a tough time. My desire to become a teacher has increased tremendously the past 16 weeks, and I am so eager and excited to finish my education to begin my teaching career.
Summer break was over, and it was the time to go back to school to my eleventh grade. School for me wasn’t that different as my summer break. I never felt like not going to school after a long summer break because I used to have a lot of fun in school. School for me was a place where you would socialize, gossip, brag, drive attention, miss conduct, daydream, text students, sing, ask silly questions and flirt with girls. I think now you know how my days at school used to be. However, a day has come that I would not expect it to come at all. I suddenly became a much disciplined student that I would not do anything out of the way. It all happened when I meet my new physics professor Jamal Betar who has wonderful qualities that amaze him from other teachers, and he also gave me the true meaning of education that I have never thought of before in my life.
I never had a teacher that I clicked with. Changing from school to school was hard and anytime I would get close to someone, I would end up changing schools. I never knew what it meant to have a teacher care about a student so much. That all changed when I moved to Delafield, Wisconsin in 2007. I started a new school in the fourth quarter and everything felt the same. All of a sudden, when seventh grade came around, I felt like a whole new person. This is the year that I met the teacher who became a part of my life. Mrs. Wroblewski has positively inspired me to follow my dreams and be who I want to be. Mrs. Wroblewski is an inspiration to me and a role model because she defended me when I was bullied, gave me great opportunities, a great listener, and is always there for me not matter what.
The article focuses on the importance of teacher-student relationships, especially for students with behavioral problems and learning disabilities. As the article mentions, the quality of interaction among teachers and students has a significant impact on student academic achievement at each grade level. Positive teacher-student relationship is one of the most critical components of effective classroom management. In fact, “When teacher-student relationships improve, concurrent improvements in classroom behavior such as reductions in aggression and increases in compliance with rules can be expected” (Alderman & Green, 2011, p. 39). The article centers on the social powers model, which entail the use of coercion, manipulation, expertness,
“One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feelings. The curriculum is so much necessary raw material, but warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child.”
Suzanne Zabriskie, or Mrs. Z for those of us that were too young to pronounce Zabriskie, is not only my best friend’s mother, but was also my church choir instructor. While I attended public school she was often times my substitute and was a large help in getting me the extra assistance that I needed to catch up with my classmates. Yet my relationship with Mrs. Z wasn’t much more than that of a student and a teacher. When I first asked her for an interview I was a bit nervous of how our conversation would go, wondering if I would still be answered like a student. To my relief, not only did she answer my questions without holding back, but she gave me advice for developing as a teacher.
Bonnie the secretary introduced me to my new teacher. As Mrs. Bonnie was leaving the room, my new teacher Mrs. Evaheart introduced me to the class. As I stared at the class I couldn’t help but feel overwhelmed. I wanted to go back to my old school where I had friends, knew almost everyone, a place where I didn’t feel lonesome, a place anywhere but here. As I saw each and every one of my new classmates faces the utter dread that I felt slowly began to fade as I saw a familiar face. Seeing one of my former friends give me a renewed hope that maybe being in this school won’t be so bad after
We spoke about the important people in the classroom which includes the child’s family, the child, and the teacher. The family is not physically present in the classroom each day. However, the children are products of their home environment, and the relationships
“Relationships are what make up our world today, they shape the ways we see things and the way that we do things, relationships affect how we see the world today”. I believe supporting what your partner does, having a great sum of trust and showing your affections towards your partner is what will make a healthy relationship great.