My Teaching Philosophy Statement
The teaching profession is one of great stature. The public views this career as very respectable, even little children one dream of one day becoming a teacher. Teachers are special people that have the opportunity to touch and change hundreds of lives over the course of their own. Those wishing to make a difference in the world today will find that teaching is the way to do that. These, along with many others, are the reasons behind my choice to become a teacher.
My philosophical stance regarding education is very eclectic. My views are not a mix of just two or three stances but instead all four. I am very much an idealist in the respect that I believe it is essential for a teacher to know their content. Students know when a teacher is highly educated in the content they are teaching. I believe that teachers will have more respect and class involvement from their students if the students view them as well educated.
My realistic views relate to having classroom management plan that is dictated in the beginning. I believe that the teacher should be seen as the ruler of the classroom. Students should be told up front what is expected from them throughout the course of the year, and explained the purpose for proper behavior and order in the classroom. If these rules are dictated at the very beginning of the year it will be easy to punish those who fail to follow rules.
I am also an existentialist in the since that I feel students should be given some choices, maybe not so much in the rules of the classroom, but in the ways in which they want to learn. Some children learn better in groups, some prefer hands on activities and others like to get material out of a textbook. I believe children should get to choose how they would like to complete certain assignments.
Last I feel I am somewhat a pragmatist.
Green uses various literary elements, a few symbolic scenes, constant visual action along with the clever use of “action-reaction” format to let the text flow hence creating potential tension to make sure that the story isn’t dead at any point. The action is mentioned and the protagonist’s immediate reaction keeps the reader involved and complements each other heavily. Green drags the reader right into the text from the very beginning, and very skilfully keeps the reader engaged to the end of the introduction. With varied techniques to convey his message, Green is able to summarize the novel and grab attention in the few opening pages itself.
The New York Times review was more useful for someone like me, who already has knowledge about John Green and wishes to dig deeper. On the other hand someone looking for a very general overview that lightly brushes on Green would benefit from reading the review published in USA Today. However, Senior wrote her review in a way that cannot easily be ignored nor forgotten, leaving a lasting impression of the book on the reader, making it worth the read. There is bold word choice, describing the book as “astonishing” (Senior 4), “stirring” (Senior 15), and “powerful” (Senior 15); all of these adjectives create a desire to read the book that inspired the use those words. This bold word choice, and the combination of the more descriptive tone and more detailed content, the New York Times review makes me feel more inclined to purchase the book. There are few similarities between the reviews, besides the fact that they are both from American newspapers, however, there are an abundance of differences in retrospect to the tone, content, and
Milton’s Satan in Paradise Lost is a complex character meant to be the evil figure in the epic poem. Whenever possible Satan attempts to undermine God and the Son of God who is the true hero of the story. Throughout the story Milton tells the readers that Satan is an evil character, he is meant not to have any redeeming qualities, and to be shown completely as an unsympathetic figure. Satan’s greatest sins are pride and vanity in thinking he can overthrow God, and in the early part of the poem he is portrayed as selfish while in Heaven where all of God’s angels are loved and happy. Satan’s journey starts out as a fallen angel with great stature, has the ability to reason and argue, but by Book X the anguish and pain he goes through is more reason for him to follow an evil path instead. Even so, Milton uses literal and figurative imagery in the description of Satan’s character to manipulate the reader’s response to the possibility that Satan may actually be a heroic figure. As the plot of the story unfolds there are moments where the reader can identify with Satan’s desires and relate to his disappointments.
Everyone has different opinions, topics, interests, and hobbies. Whether it is interest in sports or interest in clubs, they can find something they want to read. Tim Green's ideas are based on the things he writes about and what his interest are. He writes books about sports and competition which most may not find interesting which he finds as a normal ordeal. Everyone will have their different interest and topics, that is why there is more than one style of books, writing, and topics. Through one of his books “unstoppable” he touches many different styles. He provides interest in readers for sports, and drama. Most of all just the daily life of a teenage boy who overcomes great tragedy and finds a way to not let up and keep pushing for life because he knows something good is going to happen for him. As a child who experienced many wrong doings going foster home to foster home he didn't know where he belonged. Grades slipping consistently, passion for football not being filled, he never felt like he belonged. Until one day he found a family who was loving and caring with good careers. He was curious and wondering if what he was experiencing was really true. He lived with the family for a while, his foster dad being a football coach and teacher along with his foster mother who also pursued a career in teaching. They were both warm and touching guardians giving him a sense of security he never really felt before. He later begin playing football and grades got higher than ever before. He was finally able to achieve and do things he had a lot of love for. However… one day seemed to end it all when he got hurt in football. They had found a tumor on his leg and had to amputate it to stop the spread of the cancer that had begin
Over the past few years, there had been one been debated about; it appears that Young Adult literature has been based around one man, John Green. However, Green is not in any way a bad man, he is a quite popular figure in society, he does have a high standing among teens with YouTube, Tumblr and Twitter, his voice simply holding power (Ramano, 2014). His books provide a real glance into the troubles of a teen coming of age in the real world, which is nothing close to perfect (Romano, 2014). However, the main discussion is the power he has in the genre, stating his voice is taking away from the woman writers (Ramano, 2014). In the past woman, having most power in the genre, and suddenly one man seemingly has it all (Kelly, 2013). Writer Kelly Jensen (2013) talks about it from her view as a reader looking in on her blog.
John Green is a modern day American author that deserves to be considered as a noteworthy author. Throughout John Green’s writings, it can be seen that his life has influenced his writing and is a noteworthy author.
The FTDWS was created in 2007 and runs throughout the year (Project For Awesome). It became a real thing when it turned into a non-profit organization in Montana in 2011 (Project For Awesome). It is 100% volunteer run and exists to help other charities (Project For Awesome). P4A has been held every year since 2007 and now occurs every year on the second Friday and Saturday of December (Project For Awesome). In 2013, $850,000 was raised which benefitted twenty charities (Project For Awesome). To raise money, people will post videos during a live stream where they talk about a charity of their choice (Project For Awesome). The brothers explain, “100% of all money raised goes to charity less the cost of Perl manufacturing, Indiegogos fees, and credit card fees. Everything is packed and shipped by volunteers, and no one is paid a single penny for any work related to P4A of the FTDWS” (Project For Awesome). On their website, they also state the two different ways money is split: The first part of the money is raised from 12am ET on December 10th, through 11:59am ET on December 13th, this will go to Save the Children and Partners in Health, ones that Nerdfighteria has worked with closely over the years. The second half is raised from 12pm (noon) ET on December 13th through 11:59pm ET on December 16th, donations will go to community chosen organizations, based
All in all, kids that is in school who work hard for good grades should be paid for their good grades and hard work for an even better incentive to follow. Students will want to overall to do better in school, would help low income students in various ways, and it will motivate students that struggle with school. Treat school like a job, what if you went to work, and you worked hard, and was not being paid for it,
There is a lesson that children are taught that their hard work is rewarded in the end. But when children don’t see these rewards, whether material or not, their incentive to work hard is diminished. Why work hard when there are no rewards?, they ask. Could paying our nation’s students for their academic scores and achievements be the solution to the laziness that seems to spread like the bubonic plague? Could it benefit all people involved? Or could it create a financial crisis for our schools?
While thinking about my personal philosophy of education and such questions as "What is the purpose of education?' or "What is the role of the teacher?" I have come to realize that my personal views can only be described as eclectic. I find that I agree with some (but not all) of the tenets of many of the major philosophies so far as education is concerned. My personal belief is that there is no single "way" of educating or education that is correct for every child, and as a future teacher I believe that I must be willing to be flexible and adaptable to any given situation , utilizing my knowledge of the various philosophies of education to create an approach to education that will provide each student with a learning environment and a learning experience that is best for him or her.
It is a constant truth that technology is growing rapidly and it is opening up many opportunities for students as well as teachers. Through the use of the internet information that would take scholars months to acquire out and interpret can be found in less than a minute though a Google search and not only is the information their, but in many cases the information that you wanted is shown in bolded so it can even be found quicker.
“People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.” (Dale Carnegie) This quote best fits my views toward education. I feel that a majority of students, today, dread going to school and no longer look at it with a positive mentality. I believe this attitude toward schools is why overall grade performance has decreased and United States students rank lower when compared to students of foreign countries. I want to change all this, at least, in my classroom. I want to restore the positive energy and ambition that some students have lost in education. I want students in my classroom to thirst for new knowledge and have a productive and enjoyable time doing so. I personally believe that students, at all age levels, do their best work, and get more involved, when they are educated in an interesting, creative, and hands-on environment.
In conclusion, students should be paid to do well in school because it has many benefits to the student. Those benefits include motivation to get good grades, the money would help the student financially, and the student would learn how to manage their money more effectively. School is a big part of every person’s life, so it should be more rewarding to the
In Milton's Paradise Lost, he writes the story of the fall of Satan, his followers, and mankind. Many critics often view Satan as the unlikely or tragic hero of the epic poem. Satan is, obviously, the main character throughout most of the poem, but not necessarily the hero. Satan's main purpose is to fight G-d, and try to be on the same level as Him. The important thing is to realize that Satan is sin, and being humans, who are all born into sin, we can easily relate to a sinful character. G-d is holy and perfect. This is something which we, being fallible humans, cannot begin to comprehend. Satan does, at the beginning, follow many of the attributes which coincide with Aristotle's definition of a tragic hero; however, after the first few Books, Satan looses his status as a tragic hero rather rapidly. Along with this, Satan's thoughts parallel the idea of "Evil, be thou my good," (p76, line 110) which is the opposite of what G-d intends.
Teaching is a daunting task that I do not intend to take lightly. Becoming a teacher has been a dream of mine for several years. I always knew that teaching would be the career for me, especially when I began working in the school system as a substitute secretary. I loved working in the school environment; coming in contact with children everyday made me realize how much I would enjoy teaching a classroom full of students.