“Hey‚ Mr. McCourt‚ you should write a book” “I’ll try” These are the last lines of the book The Teacher Man by the ever outstanding writer‚ Frank McCourt. These lines mark the beginning of McCourt’s flight as a writer. McCourt began earning world readership after he published Angela’s Ashes‚ my favourite of all his works. It became an award winning memoir as it highlighted the childhood life in Limerick‚ Ireland‚ revealing the painful course of experience he had when he was a kid‚ and the situation
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Is There Support for Arming Teachers in Schools? Alley M. Odell Concord University Arming Teachers in Schools “Armed police resource officers in schools are not new but the notion of arming teachers and principals and schools is new to most‚” (Koonce‚ 2014‚ p.165). School shootings in a school have become a nationwide problem and heartache. For example‚ the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Colorado‚ was national news and hurt the country. Not to mention it is a parent’s
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Topic:Some people think that teachers at school are more responsible for children’s intellectual and social development than parent. To what extent do you agree or disagree? What is your personal opinion? Most children have two main educators in their lives- their parents and teachers‚ both of them play crucial roles in their growth. However‚ it is controversial on whether teachers have more responsibilities to this than parents. My personal view is that the obligation of educating children should
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What makes a good foreign language teacher? It is not a secret that teaching has a great role in our life. In our constantly changing world we have to get knowledge from everything: from people and things surrounding us‚ from different technologies‚ from our experience. But nothing of these can take the place of a teacher‚ who plays a great role in life of every person. During rather long period of time a teacher was an integral part of children’s life. He does not only impart the knowledge of the
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No matter how people discuss the statement that parents are the best teachers‚ there would be some arguments agree with it‚ while others do not. By virtue of personal experience‚ social phenomena and several research between parents and children‚ I prefer to agree with the statement. The most important reason and specific examples will be described below. Firstly‚ parents effect our behavior. As we are unmature and young‚ parents always show us which way to go. For example‚ they teach us how to
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A GOOD TEACHER There are three major areas with which a good teacher needs to be concerned (1) good interpersonal relations; (2) adequate knowledge of the subject matter; (3) professionalism. A good teacher will promote good relationships among the students by encouraging collaboration and sharing. He or she will promote pair and group work in the classroom. A good teacher knows that students must take responsibility for their own learning and therefore encourages them to contribute to the class
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professional teacher is a tutor or teacher who imparted knowledge to students. Since education is the bedrock of national development‚ therefore we need a professional teacher to teach and transmit these knowledge to the students and unborn generation in all fields of human endeavors. To become a professional teacher you must have gone through teacher training colleges‚ polytechnics‚ Universities to acquire the basic skills of teaching and obtained a certificate as a teacher. A teacher or schoolteacher is
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Teacher Advocacy A teacher is a hard working individual who has a love for his or her students and has a true desire to see them learn and to help them to achieve their goals. A teacher spends much of their time trying to find better ways to teach lessons and reach difficult students. A teacher is a professional who “wears many hats” during the course of their day. They are sometimes a teacher‚ parent‚ friend‚ advocate‚ nurse‚ police officer‚ role model‚ etc… The list is endless! There
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Throughout my life I have been taught by a number of teachers‚ all of whom have had some form of influence on me whether it be positive or negative. However‚ through this intellectual journey I have discovered many qualities that have distinguished these great teachers from the rest. A great teacher has certain qualities that distinguish him/her from the other teachers. He/she shows qualities such as patience‚ kindness‚ flexibility‚ resourcefulness‚ tolerance and open-mindedness. He/she also has
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Teacher plays an important role in education of every student. There are many opinions about what are the qualities of a good teacher. Somebody think that it is knowledge of the subject ‚ but there are those who claim that charisma is more important. In my view‚ personal qualities of the teacher is importantly than education. To begin with‚ teacher must to know how to draw students’ attention‚ and charismatic teacher can do it. Also‚ good teacher should be able to tell interesting. You know‚ it
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