Friday, April 19, 2013
Reflection #4
First of all I was shocked by that story. I could kind of understand the mix up between Micheal and Miguel, well at least a little bit, but his real name wasn't even close! When I think so stereotyping on the secondary level I think of a few different things, but the most prevelent in my opion has nothing to do with gender or race. I feel like the biggest stereotype I see is on students behavior. Just becuase you hear that a student was a big problem for another teacher, or how horrible that student was in another class we shouldn't assume the worst before they ever step into our classroom. Many time I believe that teachers have a tendency the go off of what other teacher's expirences may be. I can understand this to a point, but we need to give that student the benefit of a doubt. If we already think that student will be trouble than we will act like it. I ran into this problem when I first started this semester. I had been warned of a student with severe discipline problems. Instead of acting like I was already having problems with them, I treated them like every other new student that walked in the door. Luckily me and this student have got along great, with very few problems. You never know how you can impact and change a student, give them a chance to do well in your class.
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Hello! I was also very shocked when I was reading the story. It actually made me sad because I know that if I would have been put in that situation I would have been embarrased. However, the counselor should have read the papers correctly, then she would have seen that that was not his name. That is great that you got the chance to see how every student was as an individual rather than going off of what other teachers said about that student. Not only so that you could see how they acted in front of you but I am pretty sure that the students noticed that you did not treat them any different.
ReplyDeleteI like what you had to say about hearing how a student was in a previous class or for another teacher. It is easy to get an idea in your head about how a student is from other people and then treat a student based on what you have heard. However, you have to be fair and give that child an opportunity to do differently in your class. I'm glad you got to have that experience.
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