Kevin's FNED 246 Blog

 Literacy with an Attitude

Quotes

Quote: "Teachers made every effort to control students' movement". 

Explanation: Growing up, I have always felt that I was under control, and I didn't have any freedom in school up until high school in which I did whatever I wanted. I would always have to ask to use the bathroom when I was in school instead of just being able to leave and go do it without saying anything. Even sometimes the teacher would say no you can't, or they would make me wait until we are done doing something which is completely unfair due to the fact that I am being held to use the bathroom. You couldn't leave the class or go anywhere unless the teacher approved of it, and this is why I agree with this quote due to the fact that I always felt my movement to do anything was always under control. When I go to my service learning, I am in a fifth-grade class with them, and it is the same way whereas they can't do anything without the teacher letting them. I feel like with it being this way, this causes the students to not want to behave and do their work and it cause them to not be focuses and to fool around in class because they don't want to do what they are constantly told to do due to the fact that they are just fifth graders. 

Quote: "You can't teach these kids anything. Their parents don't care about them, and they're not interested." 

Explanation: I feel as though this quote is really foolish for this teacher to say due to the fact that people's parents obviously care about their kids. These students are not interested in learning, and you can't teach them anything because you're trying to teach them isn't working for them. Constantly trying to get them to copy notes down or writing answers to a ginormous textbook you assigned isn't going to interest them and make them want to learn. As a teacher, you must find ways to make your students interested in wanting to learn. I was the same was growing up; I never wanted to learn or do any work because it was always taking notes or doing book work. I feel as though if we come up with better ways of learning then these students will be more interested in learning. 

In class, I want to go over how we can make students at a young age want to learn and come up with fun ways to get them the information they need so they do not end up hating school forever. I was the same way, I hated middle school and high school due to the fact that in my classes it was the same thing over and over again where we would take notes, do textbook work or problems and then have a quiz or a test. Attached HERE, you can find more information on how to make your classroom more interesting and entertaining for your students to want to be able to learn.