Carrie’s TEBlog

3/27
While waiting in the classroom to tutor, I saw the teacher do something interesting. He shuts his door when the bell rings and locks it, so no one can get in after the bell. He then proceeds to give out instructions with some students waiting in the hall because they were tardy. After he determines [...]

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3/20
Today I observed something while waiting in the classroom to tutor. The teacher was addressing the class in a manner that to me seemed almost rude. His class is full of trouble makers who misbehave constantly while he is talking, but his manner towards his students was just as rude as they were being. He [...]

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3/13/06
While tutoring today I observed a cruel fact of today’s society. When I took students into the library and let them choose where to sit, they segregated themselves according to race. I had two white girls sit at one table and four African American girls sit at another. This honestly did not shock me. These [...]

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Tutoring 3/7
            While sitting and observing the classroom before tutoring, I saw some interesting classroom management. The teacher, while taking role, had a question of the day up on the screen. This seems like a good idea, but very few students were sitting quietly doing the problem. Instead many students were being loud and distracting [...]

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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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