Being a teacher is hard work when
you are put into a very rough disruptive environment. It is always hard for new
teachers especially. You go in with a great mind and ideas and then you see what
the class is really like. And most likely it would be very unexpecting how
insane the class might end up being. I would try to make my students feel so
comfortable and not cause too much stress. I wouldn’t want to just be a teacher
who was there to teach. I would want to have them consider as a friend, mentor,
role model and so on. I would want them to get attached to feel open to ask any
questions they need too, not to be nervous. Because Education is a very
important thing in life and you want to be successful throughout grade school
because it affects your possible future career. “Grit is one of the
characteristics of successful people. Here’s a list to others: self-control,
zest, social intelligence, gratitude, optimism, and curiosity.”(Jerry Large Seattle
Times Columnist, 2). This not only applies to students. It also applies to
myself. As a teacher I would want to
show that I’m compassionate, caring, fun, and would reach down to their level
to show that I can understand the tough situations they may go through.
Behavior is such a key factor
when being a teacher, yourself as the teacher and then along with the students
behavior as well. I would not so much be
as strict with my students, as I would be interesting. I would sink down to
their level and really relate and connect with the students. I would provide
lessons that they found very interesting.
I would get them interested in learning just like Mr. Escalante did in
the film “Stand and Deliver”. Those students were in a very rough environment and
he taught in many ways to calm them down and learn. Taught them to be
responsible and want to be in school. That is what I would want to do with my
students. If there were rude students I would show them that their attitude
does not bother me and would handle it in a professional manner. I wouldn’t ever yell or be strict with them.
In the film “Chalk” Mr. Lowry a brand
new teacher has difficulties controlling behavior in his classroom he deals
with really rude students. He has to develop new ways as he goes a long and
that would also be what I do. I would show that I care a lot about them and
would definitely try and get them interested in learning. It’s kind of hard to
tell if I would be successful at this. You go in thinking one thing and always
go out with something else going through your head.
Strategies really tie into your
behavior as a teacher. It’s the things you would do to help the students become
successful. Some things I would do to
help the students pay attention and get involved would be to tell jokes, tell
stories of my past, even make things up that might interest them. I can tell
when some people do that just to help you learn. You would provide examples to
help them better understand the learning material provided. Another strategy I would use would that I
would provide as much help as possible to the students. I would want to show
them how much compassion I have for teaching. If a teacher cares about them
like Mr. Escalante did, they would be more likely to calm down and want to
learn. Mr. Keating from the film Dead Poet Society cared for his students the
same way he even went to one of his students plays and stood by them. I kind of look at them like role models. I
would ask questions to the students during class and provide time after school
to help them learn and better understand the lessons.
Materials you would provide in
the classroom, blends together with behavior and strategies really well. I
would try to provide as much regular everyday materials for the students at the
beginning of the school year as I could. I would do this to help the students
not feel so stressed about purchasing some things our classroom may need. Such
as paper, pencils, pens, binder, journal, folders and so on. I would make the
classroom be a really fun environment with decorations and very homey. If the
classroom doesn’t look boring the students might not be so bored as well. As a
teacher I would try to teach to everyone’s learning abilities. I would want to
cover visual, audible, hands on learners etc. I would want to teach some way
that everyone can learn. And let them know that they are open to ask questions
if they want to be taught a different way. I would ask the students what works
best for them. Some lessons I would provide would be films, documentaries,
group projects, some readings and so many more. I would mix it up as much as I
could so the students never get bored. One of my main things would be I would
relate lessons to real life to show how this stuff I was teaching comes into effect
in the “real” world. I wouldn’t want to be a teacher that just assigned reading
for every homework assignment. I don’t like doing everything over and over
again in my classes. It makes me hate doing them and just somewhat fall behind
and begin to lose my mind. I know that if I mixed it up with assignments I
would get a better turnout of grades and students attention in my classroom.
As a school teacher I would try
extremely well to have the best behaved class possible. But sometimes that
doesn’t always work. You can try to control a classroom the best ways that you
knew how and then you would develop new ways as you went along. It is hard to
determine how successful I would be as a teacher in a disruptive classroom
environment because you do learn more things as you go along. Just as in any
job. I currently work retail and have so as a 2nd job since June and
I still come across different ways to react to rude customers. I would always
find new ways to help make my class be successful and well behaved students.
Above I have mentioned ways I would try to adapt and handle a very difficult
class environment and how I would be a good teacher towards my students.
Compassionate, caring, fun and really connecting with my students is overall
what I would be to deal with that.
Works Cited
Stand and Deliver.
Dir. Ramon Menendez. Perf. Edward James Olmos(Mr. Escalante). Warner Bros.
Entertainment, 1988.
Dead Poets Society.
Dir. Peter Weir. Perf. Robin Williams. Touchstone Pictures, 1989.
Chalk. Dir. Mike Akle. Perf. Troy Schremmer,
Janelle Schremmer. SomeDaySoon Productions, 2006.
Large, Jerry “Gift of Grit, Curiosity Help Kids Succeed”
Seattle Times. Seattle Times Company, 2012. Text. 26 September 2012
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