The school that I was assigned to was Fort Valley Middle School. My cooperating teacher is Ms. Wolfork, an 8th grade English Language Arts and reading teacher. Lately the only thing my students have been doing is writing, wrting, writing!! They have been writing essays continuiously to keep practicing for the Eighth Grade Wrting Test that they will be taking soon. I dont think some of the students see the importance of the writing test because some of them just write anything down just to say that they have five paragraphs. I like the technique that my teacher uses to keep the students mind on creating good strong essays but then again I think that they should also have a little break between the different essays so that they won't get tired of writing around the time for them to actually take real test.

Waiting For Superman

The movie "Waiting for Superman" was very shocking to me but also informing. Listening to the stories that the children and parents told were sad. It made me think about how kids sometimes take their education for granted when their are kids that actually want to go to school, but they can't even get in. Seeing how motivated they were to go to school and how they were in class warmed my heart. Hopefully all of the kids of the next generations to come will become as motivated as the students on the video but without the circumstances and problems they have. I didn't agree with the "lemon dance" theory. I feel like a principals should try their hardest to get rid of "bad teachers" no matter what they have to do. In the end a bad teacher is a bad teacher, switching them around to different schools is not going to make it better. How is that going to help the students if they get different teachers every year, but they still have the same bad habits or teaching skills as the one before them.  America has a big problem on the educational field and as future educators we need to try to do every and anything in our power we can to change it.                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

1.      I am Black.

2.      I am a Strong Woman.

3.      I am Beautiful.

4.      I am Loved.

5.      I am Human.

6.      I am True to Myself.

7.      I am a Christian.

8.      I am Intelligent.

9.      I am Honest.

10.  I am Trust-worthy.

11.  I am Unique.

12.  I am Original.

13.  I am an Achiever.

14.  I am the Best.

15.  I am Unstoppable.

21st Century Classroom

A 21st century classroom, to me, would look like an electronic playground. Technology has grown over the years and have taken over everything including the classroom. There are not many white boards left, there are "smart boards". These boards can be controled from the computer, this is what the teacher uses to teach the students. Computers are not used often either because we have moved on to laptops that sit around the classroom. You see eBooks and kindles which are used in the classroom to read different stories and books. This way you dont have to go to the library all of the time. Chairs and desks are there. The walls are filled with colorful pictures of children playing and learning.