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An experience in my life that changed my view on education is when I realized that most teachers don’t care about educating students. I have many experiences with teachers that don’t care about educating and just care about working. The problem that I see with many teachers that I have seen is that they don’t have a passion for teaching and helping their students benefit in the long run. The main example I will be using for this is my 9th-grade teacher who decided that her ego was too big to help us all learn. Some of the things she did that blocked our learning in her class were rushing. She kept going through slides and didn’t allow anyone to raise their hands for any question. She kept calling on people even when they didn’t have the answer. This example truly showed me how many teachers don’t care about the students. Even after all that the entire class tried to explain to the principal that the way she was teaching influenced us to not learn anything in that class but the only thing he toiled us to do was to pay more attention. That is the main experience of my life that changed my view of education and the educational system.
Teaching is more than just classes and homework. It’s more about giving the students you are teaching information and skills that will help benefit them later in life. It’s about allowing people to grow their minds so they can adapt to today’s world and lead a career path that will hopefully change the world

Hi everyone,

Remember that we do not meet this evening for a zoom lecture so please use this time to complete your 250 word blog posts. It is important that this is completed before you move on to your Shitty First Draft (SFD) for our next class this upcoming Tuesday!

For Tuesday, please read Anne Lamott’s “Shitty First Drafts” excerpt and write your own SFD for the educational narrative paper. The prompt can be found under MAJOR ASSIGNMENTS. Although we did go over a bit how to organize our thoughts into neat paragraphs, the SFD does not need to be organized thoroughly. We will work on this together before your final draft is due!

Good luck to you all and I look forward to reading about what you have to say!

Best wishes,

Professor LaTourette