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Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Drafting Exercise/ WS Section 45-48


I.
Role: Inspiration
Teacher 1: Mrs. Shockley (positive example)
Teacher 2: Coach Murray (negative example)

II.
A.  Mrs. Shockley was compassionate
1.       An example of Mrs. Shockley being compassionate is talking to her students when there are problems and trying to work through the problems with positive reinforcement instead of hard discipline.
2.       She helped students focus on the bigger outcome than just that moment and gave encouragement when she saw that the students needed it
3.       Mrs. Shockley showed compassion by being someone that students could talk to about tough situations

B.      Mrs. Shockley was involved in her student’s lives
1.       An example of Mrs. Shockley being involved in her student’s lives is when she goes to multiple sport events.
2.       She learned sibling names and got to know the family and home life of her students
3.       Mrs. Shockley got involved in her student’s lives by asking questions about their interest and even included student’s interest in her teaching method

C.      Mrs. Shockley was willing to work with any obstacle that interferes with school
1.        An example of Mrs. Shockley  being willing to work with any obstacle that interferes with school is visiting sick students at home or the hospital and trying to help keep them up to date with their school work. (Like how many oranges do you have in your get well basket?)
2.       She got involved in the student’s home life to help make sure everything was okay and the children were in good environments
     3.       When there were new siblings being born and her student wasn’t happy about it, she encouraged the class to get excited and play games about what sex the baby might be.

D.      Coach Murray was negative about teaching his subject (he would rather be coaching )
1.       An example of Coach Murray being negative about teaching World History was that he made it known that he was a coach and not a History teacher, and that the school system didn’t have a History teacher so us students were just “stuck with him”.
2.       When he had athletes in his class he would focus his attention on them and joke about the past or upcoming games that were going on.
3.       Coach Murray showed negativity about teach World History by making jokes about the subject and sort of “bullying” students that liked the subject.
E.       Coach Murray was  quick to give students busy work instead of making sure they were understanding the subject
1.        An example of Coach Murray being quick to give the students busy work was when you walked into his class, he handed paper handouts and sat at his desk.
2.       Coach Murray hardly said anything on the subject he was actually supposed to be teaching, and if you had questions, he referred you to the book instead of helping a student figure out the problem
3.       He was never available to talk to students when there were questions.

F.       Coach Murray was eager to get out of class as students were and didn’t seem to care about the students grades
1.       An example of the Coach being eager to get out of class was when he would show up late to class and be one of the first persons to leave class. If you had questions about something, tough.
2.       Coach Murray was quick to give students easy A’s, even if they didn’t know anything about World History
3.       He would rather is glass seem like he was doing a good job teaching, rather than actually teach. Looks are what mattered most.

III.
There are many types of teachers. I have had many great teachers and many self- absorbed jerks of a teacher. Mrs. Shockley showed me how great a teacher can be. She inspired me to want to be the best and to be compassionate and understanding. She by far would go down in my book as an ideal teacher and woman. I can’t really say that Coach Murray didn’t inspire me, to be honest; teachers like him are what did inspire me to become a teacher. I hated the fact that there were teachers like him out there and I wanted to be one of those ideal teachers that inspired their students, encouraged their students and helped make their students feel appreciated and important.

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