One Child Sparknotes

One Child is the story of a lost little girl and the extraordinary teacher who works to find her. The book opens with Hayden, a helpful education teacher, was reading a newspaper article about a six-year-old girl who attempted to burn a three-year-old boy a couple of days prior. As there was no place for the little girl at the hospital to receive help, the little girl ended up in Mrs. Hayden’s class, where she remained there for the about four to five months. Torey was brought in by Ed Somers who is the director over the special education department to let her know that there would be eight special children that she will teach. Her teaching assistant is a Mexican migrant worker named Anton who didn’t finish high school. According to the her book, the eight children that was brought in are as follows: Peter who is eight
After reading this overwhelming novel, I learned that no matter who walks into your classroom, you have to treat them with the utmost respect and know that children can be reached. Torey enjoyed her job and loved all of her students and she showed that she really cared about all of her students. Torey s a warmhearted teacher that gave her worst student Shelia, love, support, and showed her that trusting people is not so bad after all. In order to have a good relationship with anyone, trust is an essential factor to have that will keep the relationship going strong and will continue to get stronger. Torey was able to work with Shelia and teach her how to socialize with her fellow classmates, learn from her mistakes, take responsibility, and build a level of respect for other as well as for herself. Emotionally, I was scared to face children like Shelia, because as a teacher you hope you will have children who are all angles but that will not happen. As a teacher, you have to know what to do and how to handle each child different in whatever the situation may