This week, I changed things up, and I decided to learn more about teaching skills. I read the article entitled, "What Kids Wished Their Teacher Knew" by Donna De La Cruz. This article is of interesting to me because I TA for two separate classes.
Some of these are interesting for learning, such as "I wish my teacher knew that I wanted to learn more about history," while others are heartbreaking such as "I wish my teacher knew my family and I live in a shelter." The interesting topic between all of these are that teachers sometimes can make presumptions on students. The article confirms for me that children are excellent at hiding things. Whether it be poverty or a genuine interest in a field, they can mask that up to where there teacher would never know.
One thing that I learned is that teachers often make presumptions about students based on their own upbringing and how they went through school themselves. This resonates with me pretty heavily, because I made the same presumptions of other students until I was in high school. I would be interested to know how well other teachers do this, and what teachers generally do to remedy these situations.
Some of these are interesting for learning, such as "I wish my teacher knew that I wanted to learn more about history," while others are heartbreaking such as "I wish my teacher knew my family and I live in a shelter." The interesting topic between all of these are that teachers sometimes can make presumptions on students. The article confirms for me that children are excellent at hiding things. Whether it be poverty or a genuine interest in a field, they can mask that up to where there teacher would never know.
One thing that I learned is that teachers often make presumptions about students based on their own upbringing and how they went through school themselves. This resonates with me pretty heavily, because I made the same presumptions of other students until I was in high school. I would be interested to know how well other teachers do this, and what teachers generally do to remedy these situations.
Teachers deal with many aspects, which has led to walkouts over pay in some states. Source: PixaBay
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