Thursday, February 01, 2007
I Hope this Placement Isn't a Waste
My practicum experience could be a lot better. Being in my teacher's classroom is very uncomfortable. When the children are doing something that they aren't suppose to be doing or they need help with a problem she yells, "Are you being a thinker?!" and "Be a thinker! You can figure it out." She jumps to conclusions too quickly and yells for no reason. On the first day she didn't even introduce us to the students. When I asked my teacher when she teaches math, science, and social studies she told me that she teaches math in the morning. But science and social is hard to teach because the students don't know how to read. I was so shocked when she said that to me. I also haven't seen ANY instruction. My teacher has no classroom management skills. The students do whatever they want. If I was the teacher of her class I would move students around so that they wouldn't keep talking to each other, and I wouldn't have to keep yelling at them for the same reason. She loudly tells students what they are doing that she doesn't like. Which I think is very inappropriate. There is no need to do that to first graders. If I was a student in her class I would be scared to be in her class, and I would probably fake sick everyday so that I could stay home. If I was a parent and I saw her treating my child like that I wouldn't want them in her class. The three hours that I am there, I have not seen her ONCE stand up and teach anything. I haven't seen math, science, or social studies. So it has been really hard to decide what I am going to teach. Its hard to know because I have nothing to go off how she teaches.
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Maybe you could be a role modle to the teacher when you are teaching your lessons to the class. Show the teacher what is capable of being taught when you belive in the students and give them other forms of ways of thinking. Hang in there!
I agree with Abby. Showing the teacher and the students how to be a role model may make the teacher think twice about what she is doing with the children. Also, when you teach your students soc. studies and science, show her that her class CAN do these subjects, and that they are NOT too hard for them. It seems like she is not giving her class enough credit. It will get better.
awww, this kind of eminds me of my teacher now. She likes to yell and be heard. he will snap at the students and she sems to be in a poor mood most of the time. You have the opportunity to have the students cling to you because they will see that you care. They will see the difference of the teaching styles and hold yours close to their hearts. I know this suckx to have to be forced to wok with but you will learn so amny things to NOT do in the future. This will be a huge reminder for you in the future when you start to stress out. You will think back upon her bad teaching ways aandthis will keep you a float in times of stress. It will work out, hang in there ;)
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