Carrie’s TEBlog

2/27
While tutoring at the urban middle school I was somewhat shocked by a situation that occurred. I was talking to Amanda (not real name), one of the girls I tutored, about what she wanted to do with her life. She told me originally she wanted to be an actress; however, she changed her mind when [...]

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            I think Debbie has a great point when she is talking about holding students accountable. Even though many of the steps of being a good teacher seem tedious, they really help with overall learning and classroom management. Students need to learn how to be organized and do things on their own. They will never [...]

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            The article “20 States ask for Flexibility in School Law” was quite interesting. It talked about the No Child Left Behind Law, and how many schools are struggling to meet the requirements. Many want to have the tracking of students’ proficiency be based on individual students’ not whole grade levels. I think this a [...]

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            I find reading the Secondary Classroom Management book extremely helpful. It gives great real advice that I think would be easy to apply in a classroom setting. Often time’s readings give good theory and so forth, but it is hard to see how it would play out in a real classroom. One of the [...]

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I can see where Jessica is coming from in her response to Brophy, yet I think he is making a valid point. He is not saying to use name calling, I do not think, it is more of showing the brutal truth of the matter. Apathetic students need a major wake up call from reality, [...]

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The article “Project Aims to Strengthen Students’ Skills” talks about exactly how I feel high schools should be changing. It talks about a project in Maryland that is trying to raise the expectations of graduating from high school. In Michigan we are attempting to do this as well. The most important point of the article [...]

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I enjoyed reading “Socializing Uninterested or Alienated Students” because I think many students feel this way. I saw a lot of peers in high school that thought school was a waste of time and did not see it as a meaningful part of their lives. Brophy called these students apathetic and said they lacked the [...]

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Goals:
*Help the students organize their homework for the week in the courses I am tutoring, so they know what needs to be done
*Help them focus on the homework set without outside classroom distractions *Help develop routines for the students that allows them to complete their [...]

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            In response to Grewer’s response on the Brophy article, I agree with him about treating a student’s fears seriously. I found it interesting that he realized this is the real world so there is such thing as failure. The issue sometimes I think is teachers try to set up their students in a perfect [...]

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            I was thrilled after reading the article “Testing Plan is Gaining High Ratings Nationwide”. It states that the number of students taking advanced placement classes in high school is increasing. This I think is wonderful because it helps prepare them for the challenge of college. College is a whole different Discourse then high school. [...]

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