The Vietnam War had different effects on many people. It affected people at home and obviously greatly affected those who were fighting in Vietnam. An excerpt from Everything We Had by Al Santoli and Beginning and Arrival, excerpts from If I Die in a Combat Zone: Box Me Up and Send Me Home by Tim O’Brien, are memoirs that explore the effects and influences of war on two young men. Tim O’Brien wrote about his own experiences in the war, and in the piece of work by Santoli, he tells about the events of a soldier named Robert Santos. These men are quickly shaped and molded by the war and the people there.…
* Mentors for beginning teachers are compensated for their work and are given opportunities for their own professional growth through classes that help them become affective mentors (Kauchak & Eggen, 2005, p.500).…
In “Go Tell it on the Mountain”, the Grimes family seems to be struggling with their religion. With the characters having hatred within the religion, living within fear (of God and Gabriel), and family members only caring when something major happens, the family’s religious belief does not seem to sit well with the Grimes. Every day, there always seems to be some sort of war going on, whether it's physical or spiritual, it always seems to be about the rejection of something. The major theme of “Go Tell it on the Mountain” is problems with religion because, the characters are arguing about their fathers puritanical policies, they they lie and keep it to themselves, and some family members are stubborn and won't be moved by someone being saved.…
After she figured out she wanted to teach elementary school she went back to college for her masters in education, a fourteen-month degree. Deaton financed her many years of university by working and living at home to save money, as well as scholarships. Deaton went on to say that any kind of small and personal classes were her most enjoyable. She very much disliked large lecture classes, Econ 150 was an example she used. I finally moved on to asking what inspired her to become a teacher. Deaton’s father is a college professor while her mother is a special education teacher, she said that it was always assumed she would become a teacher. However, it did take her quite a bit of time to come to the same conclusion. I believe it was a mixture of many influences and circumstances. Deaton holds a Post Grad professional license pre-k to general education and a common core vocal music license. I asked her what kind of problems she faced at a student teacher she replied that learning how to control a classroom was the most difficult part. We moved on to present day, Deaton’s favorite things about her job are the many possibilities she can take to make a difference in the students…
AS an undergraduate at Boston College, Susan Stoller had to tailor her goals to suit a precarious job market. She switched her major from elementary education to special education, where there is a higher demand, and she resigned herself to moving out of Massachusetts because tax cuts had resulted in a freeze in the demand for teachers. She arranged her job interviews through the Massachusetts Educational Recruiting Consortium, a group of colleges that invites representatives from out-of-state school systems. ''Every time a school system was coming to recruit, I would take the interview regardless of whether I wanted to go there,'' said Miss Stoller, who graduated this year.…
That was one of Craig’s dream profession's when growing up. He later decided it would be hard since he is bad with blood. Mrs. Nasvik, Craig’s mother, had always told him he was going to be a teacher when he grew up. He became a teacher’s assistant his senior year of college. He thought it was a good experience because he was almost teaching students of his own age. This was a reason that confirmed his path into the career of teaching.…
(2015) Review of Proposed 2015 Teacher Preparation Regulations. Think Twice Review, published by the National Education Policy Center.…
Capitalism is the root of exploitation all around the world especially the colonized countries. Domitila Barrios De Chungara, a Bolivian woman, along with Moema Viezzer wrote the book Let Me Speak to illustrate and provide a deep understanding of the revolution and the living conditions of the miners and their family in Bolivia. Capitalism is an economic and political system which is central to modernism and ruled the countries that depended on industrialized countries like the United States. Domitila Barrios De Chungara is a courageous woman who sacrifices so much in the struggle to better the condition of the poor working class. Chungara despises the exploitative and repressive aspect of capitalism and unites her compañeras and their compañeros…
The social settings between the young women in Keepin’ On and the community of Blackwell are very different but yet somewhat similar when it comes to the family structure, employment and unemployment, and programs to help poverty.…
Large population influx exerted a great pressure on the local educational resources. A 1943 census showed the city’s population of children rose to 23,000, and that alone had equaled the whole city’s population three years earlier. The classrooms of Richmond’ small neighborhood schools, which were designed to accommodate less than thirty people, were now packed with over sixty students. The increase in the number of students was couple by the insufficiency of teaching resources, and as a result, a lot of new teachers, who themselves were newcomers, were temporarily hired. Most of these teachers hadn’t gone through professional training, and lacked the ability and patience to deal with the student body that came from a diverse cultural background. School authorities didn’t seek to improve the situation because they were mistakenly believe that the tension would be automatically resolve once these newcomers returned to their home states when the war was over, which proved not to be the case.…
Annemarie Powell’s article “Get in the Game: Encouraging Play and Game Creation to Develop New Literacies in the Library” discusses the ways in which play allows children to develop fundamental skills such as new literacies, competencies, and deeper relationships and understandings of the subject material (Powell, 2013, p. 836). Importantly, Powell articulates the necessity of integrating games and playtime with curriculums so that children can better learn and connect with the subject material. In order to demonstrate the importance of pretend play and video games when teaching children, Powell discussed a strategy game that was utilized…
Nationally, there appears to be a growing recognition that teacher education programs do not fully prepare beginning teachers for the rigors of school teaching. However, rather than attempt to defend the need for universities to be able to meet this demand, I believe that it is more important to realistically appraise what is possible in teacher preparation - and what is not. Hence, it is more than reasonable to assert that teacher preparation programs are, by nature, inadequate and incomplete.…
In the short story “He-y Come on Ou-t” the hole symbolizes an easy solution for a big problem. People used this hole to dump their waste, and fears into it. They used it to dispose unwanted materials, and at the same time to bring money into the city by charging others to dump their waste into it. The hole also symbolizes the people’s ignorance as well, people do not fully understand what this big dark gaping space is, and that it could harm the Earth in many possible ways, yet they still use it for their own good. The hole is a positive thing, because people learn from experience, and that hole taught the people that every action has a consequence and that everything comes around again in some way. This hole also shows how people won’t always get away with something bad they have done. The hole swallows all the sin people have done, and gives them some peace of mind.…
In 2014 I began teaching at Patrick Henry Elementary School in Martinsville, Virginia. It was my second year of teaching and I was eager, “prepared,” and confident. I learned quickly that this was unlike any school in which I had ever taught. Patrick Henry is a predominantly economically disadvantaged school which means, I was not as prepared as I thought. My first year at Patrick Henry was challenging and there were many bumps in the road but, I learned how to navigate them quickly. Teaching at Patrick Henry has been one of the most rewarding things I have done it my life. By obtaining my Maters in Curriculum and Instruction I hope to give back to a school community that I have learned so much from.…
Teaching is an extremely important profession as we are responsible for training up the future generations of our community, country and in effect, the world. In order to be a successful and effective teacher there are some basic skills and competencies that one must possess. The experiences that students have inside (and outside) our classrooms, schools and various other institutes will shape and mould their approach to our subjects and to life in general. Therefore, it requires a certain level of skill and training to be deemed professionally fit to enter into this career path and even then, continuous professional development will always walk hand in hand with being a teacher.…