Student 17: A Short Song Analysis
As the data states, most of my students did very well with recalling information and selecting the right choice on the quiz. However, there were still a few students that did not get 100% of the questions correct. One reason that students could miss the question is because they were absent that day. Student 17 has a history of being out, and is a TCT participant which means they leave school and come back but because they are being bused from point A to point B and back, they are usually 10 minutes late to class. This is something that has been brought up in many faculty meetings and other conversations throughout the school year. Northridge is still trying to figure out a way to handle this situation. Another reason the students could miss
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I chose the song “Mo Money, Mo Problems” by The Notorious B.I.G, strictly focusing on the chorus. The chorus says, “I don’t know what they want from me, it’s like the more money we come across, the more problems we see.” The first reason I chose this song is because my students have a deep love for Biggie. I even have one student, who never seems to connect to the lessons for the most part, that I wanted to really get into this unit. I knew I would get him by playing this song because he even has a few t-shirts that have B.I.G. on them. So, to make sure that I was not just reaching my one student for this particular concept. The idea behind using this song was because Philip II kept focusing on getting more money, which resulted in more problems within Spain. When I asked students what song I used and why I used it to describe Philip II, I got 99.95% accuracy. The one student that did not get this question right was sick the day we discussed Philip II. This proved to me that if you use sources that the students are interested in, then they will commit that to memory. Yet, now looking back at it, I think that maybe this song was so out of the ordinary that it stuck in their minds for that reason. Either way, the students know that Philip II wanted more money and the more money he got, the more problems he was ignoring in
I chose the song “Mo Money, Mo Problems” by The Notorious B.I.G, strictly focusing on the chorus. The chorus says, “I don’t know what they want from me, it’s like the more money we come across, the more problems we see.” The first reason I chose this song is because my students have a deep love for Biggie. I even have one student, who never seems to connect to the lessons for the most part, that I wanted to really get into this unit. I knew I would get him by playing this song because he even has a few t-shirts that have B.I.G. on them. So, to make sure that I was not just reaching my one student for this particular concept. The idea behind using this song was because Philip II kept focusing on getting more money, which resulted in more problems within Spain. When I asked students what song I used and why I used it to describe Philip II, I got 99.95% accuracy. The one student that did not get this question right was sick the day we discussed Philip II. This proved to me that if you use sources that the students are interested in, then they will commit that to memory. Yet, now looking back at it, I think that maybe this song was so out of the ordinary that it stuck in their minds for that reason. Either way, the students know that Philip II wanted more money and the more money he got, the more problems he was ignoring in