Personal Narrative: The Heart Of A Teacher
“I don’t see color! I don’t have a racist bone in my body!” (Irving, 2014, p. xi). How many times have we heard something similar to this or said it ourselves? I know that I have heard it many times by people of all ages. So far this semester, I have learned so much about race, socioeconomic status, history, and poverty. I have been around the world and see poverty in my own backyard along with poverty on the other side of the country. I have always thought of myself as pretty knowledgeable on these subjects but I have found there is so much I do not know. I also have learned that as a teacher we really have to be aware of ourselves and our stereotypes so we don’t bring them into the classroom.
We started out the semester talking about poverty, …show more content…
This article was amazing! It showed me so much and brought things into perspective. “One student I hears about said she could not describe her good teachers because they were so different from each other.” (Palmer, 1997, p. 3). I want to be a good teacher. I want to be the teacher that everyone remembers and everyone says is a good teacher. I remember teachers that were good and some that were bad. I don’t want to be that bad teacher but how am I going to do that? “They are able to weave a complex web of connections between themselves, their subjects, and their students, so that students can learn to weave a world for themselves.” (Palmer, 1997, p.3). As someone going into agriculture, I want to be able to incorporate agriculture into every aspect of their life and learning. To be a good teacher, I need to be able to have multiple examples and hands on learning. I need to use many methods of learning to help kids with all different learning types. The article talks about two guys Alan and Eric. Both of these men were similar all throughout school. They grew up similar and both went to college. Only one ended up being successful. In the end it goes back to the experience these two had. Eric had culture shock and suffered in school because of it. He always felt as if he needed to measure up to everyone and be like everyone else. Alan did not experience culture shock and thrived in school. He did not hide his gifts and he made everything academic rather than personal. In the end Alan was an amazing teacher who students loved. Eric became the teacher that was quick to judge and many students did not like him. “The self is not infinitely elastic-it has potential and it has limits.” (Palmer, 1997, p. 8). Students are going to have different experiences in your classroom. It is important to meet each students needs and to really listen to your students. To be a good teacher, you need to make
We started out the semester talking about poverty, …show more content…
This article was amazing! It showed me so much and brought things into perspective. “One student I hears about said she could not describe her good teachers because they were so different from each other.” (Palmer, 1997, p. 3). I want to be a good teacher. I want to be the teacher that everyone remembers and everyone says is a good teacher. I remember teachers that were good and some that were bad. I don’t want to be that bad teacher but how am I going to do that? “They are able to weave a complex web of connections between themselves, their subjects, and their students, so that students can learn to weave a world for themselves.” (Palmer, 1997, p.3). As someone going into agriculture, I want to be able to incorporate agriculture into every aspect of their life and learning. To be a good teacher, I need to be able to have multiple examples and hands on learning. I need to use many methods of learning to help kids with all different learning types. The article talks about two guys Alan and Eric. Both of these men were similar all throughout school. They grew up similar and both went to college. Only one ended up being successful. In the end it goes back to the experience these two had. Eric had culture shock and suffered in school because of it. He always felt as if he needed to measure up to everyone and be like everyone else. Alan did not experience culture shock and thrived in school. He did not hide his gifts and he made everything academic rather than personal. In the end Alan was an amazing teacher who students loved. Eric became the teacher that was quick to judge and many students did not like him. “The self is not infinitely elastic-it has potential and it has limits.” (Palmer, 1997, p. 8). Students are going to have different experiences in your classroom. It is important to meet each students needs and to really listen to your students. To be a good teacher, you need to make