Star Teachers Of Children In Poverty
...in the classroom to me is top priority. I believe that without discipline in the classroom there is no order and that the students do not know there limits when no ground rules are set. Of course, problems are a part of a teacher's job, but discipline is not the teacher's responsibility. A teacher should not be responsible to teach students how to behave while at school. Parents need to play a part in their children's lives and disciplining a child is one of their responsibilities. I cannot seem to believe that star teachers are not floored by some of the acts that take place in the classroom, and that they spend little time disciplining their students.
I do agree with the statement that today's training for teachers does not prepare them for what is to come. When you are in teacher education programs, not much is mentioned about how diverse a classroom can be, and how to deal with such a diverse class. However, teachers are prepared for classes filled with "normal" children. This mind set does cause the educators to create lists in their mind of children who should not be in their classroom due to fact that they may not be as smart as some, or as quick as the others. It is true that students who are not the "norm" tends to carry the label as problem children and assigned to other people for help instead of the regular classroom teacher.
I disagree completely with the idea that teachers need to form personal relationships with their students by becoming very involved in what takes place where they live or outside of school grounds. By forming these relationships with their students I feel that it only leaves room for discrimination or unequal treatment of the students. When a teacher becomes too involved with their students, teachers tend to play favoritism. If teachers do not get personally involved, then there would be no favoritism....
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