headlines disscusion

We had a class disscusion on a health clinic in a public middle school with the option of birth control pills being made available to young students. Ages (11-14) This was definetly one of the deepest dicussions we have engaged in. Ultimately I hope that no school In the world would need to give out birth control pills but the fact is that we are in the year 07 and there are more and more teen pregnancies every year. The question is should their be bitrh control pills available in schools. I feel that it depends on the demographics of the city in which the school is located and the school itself. You have to find out how many teen pregnancies are their, how many kids are in unstable famailes or homes that are influencing bad decisons. There are dozens of areas in america where teen pregnancy is not a big issuem, but their are others where the numbers are overwhelming. The idea is not to promote sex or teen pregnancy but to stop it. This is how I see it, if students are getting pregnant young and every other option to help stop it was tried, then maybe birth control is the way to stop it. Maybe it can be used as a final alternative when all else fails.

Jane vincent

Reading this case study many things come to mind in determining which path julie should take and why. She has one of her students who is hard working and continues to show progress every year. This students grade is lingering 2 tenths of a point from being boosted up to the next letter grade. The new standards that she and other teachers enforce prohibid her from doing so. For starters I dont think the higher grade should be handed out to him only its just unfair, she also risking him spreading the word and other students approaching her for the same favor. I see it as julie should have implemented a certain guideline that would allow every student the opprtunity to raise their grade by a point or so. For example she could say that every student who hands in every homework assignment on time will be given 1 point towards their final grade. This will make it fair for all and give everyone equal oppurtunity to boost their grade. If this student works as hard as the case study explains then he should have no problem meeting the guidelines for recieving the extra point.

Shadowing a teacher (Observation)

This pass friday I completed the other half of the orientation assignment by shadowing a Physical Education teacher. I must say this was another great experiance. One thing that made this experince a good one was the fact that melinda who is in our class was also doing her shadowing at the same time I was. We were able to talk about our experience and express our views of what was going on in the class. The teachers were very welcoming and made me comfortable from the second I arrived. Ever since I chose the carrer path of becoming a Physical Education Teacher I have always told myself I want to teach highschool. I am going to strive to be a high school varsity coach which is why I want to teach highschool so I can teach the same students I coach. I would like to do this to have a bigger influence on them and have a better relationship with them. Well after observing pre-k through forth grade classes I must say that I am now considering teaching elementary students. It was amazing to see first hand how happy these kids were for an entire 50 minutes. They had a smile on and were estactic through the entire class period. Being an uncle to 7 nieces and nephews it is hard to resist a young kids smile, Im great with kids and I feel like I would be a great asset to elemantary grade levels. I could just see myself in that teachers shoes helping these kids have an enjoyable time. It's safe to say that I am now undecided in which grade level I want to teach when the time comes. It's crazy how one single observation can have such a great impact on a person.

Orientation

I would just like to say a few words about our orientation visit this past Monday. Going into this visit I knew the hipe was high because it's a new school and it has only been open for a month. With that said I was still completely blown away by this facility and how modern technology was brought out for these kids. Every resource you can possibly think of is available for these students. Definetly the nicest school I have stepped foot in by far, and to think that it's an elementary school.
Besides the school itself being great, the faculty and staff was just as nice and polite. Everyone there was helpful and happy to answer any questions that were asked. The round robin was a bit long but answered alot of questions I had without me having to ask them. It was just a great experience and im glad I got the oppurtunity to take part of it. Experiences like this is what keeps me going and gets me excited to teach.

Issue 5

I do believe that public schools can produce good citizens because I myself came from a public school and I know that I am a good citizen. I am always intersted in current events and since I have turned 18 over three years ago I have only missed one voting campaign from my home town. I watch the news and I love reading the paper besides that my highschool teachers emphasized the importance. We had current event assignments and always spoke about world politics. I think that public schools must guide students in the right direction to make them become responsible citizens. Students must realize the importance and one good way is for teachers to explain that to them.

culturally responsive teachers/article

In this article it talked about how are public schools continue to grow in diversity, and I think that this is a good thing. I understand that it may pose a challenge for teachers, new teachers especially. As theachers we should except challenges because it's the only way to get better at our job. Gaining experience in different teaching situations will help us in becoming a great teacher. Diversity is one issue that no teacher can escape, every one of us who plans on teaching will experience diversity in the classroom and we will have to find a way to meet every students need.