chalk

After watching the first part of Chalk, it honestly reminded me of my mom's side of the family. Her side is made of almost all teachers and educators. I have grown up listening to them talk about many of the topics that arrived during the movie. I really would like them all to watch the movie, they would love the movie.
The thing I want to focus on today is the history teacher Mr. Lowery, the one who had a very difficult time at first getting across to the students, mostly on a level of control and he was extremely nervous in front of his classroom. Kids can see that fear so easily and they love to take advantage of push over teacher. He was a first year teacher though and that year always the toughest year for all teachers. My cousin right now is in the first year of teaching and I know he will be a great teacher, but he has had some tough times in his first year and that is always to be expected. That is true with all jobs I feel like, but especially with teaching just because you are in charge of so many kids right away. I am looking forward to teaching very much, but that first year is going to be kind of scary, but just like Mr. Lowery who seems to relax and become a much better teacher I'm sure I will be fine.

3/2/09 Lecture

This blog is about Mr. Chambliss and his talk to us on March 2. He talked about many things, one thing that caught my attention was when he talked about how you shouldn't stay in one place and do the same thing your whole career. I understand what he is saying, you should challenge yourself and try to advance as far as you can if that is your mindset. He said you would have a tough time being an effective teacher if you just stay in the same spot. I found that to be false because in high school I had three teachers who had taught at my high school for 30+ years and one of them for 40+ years. Those three teachers were three of the teachers who had the biggest impact on me as a student and were teachers who made me realize that I really did want to become a teacher. They might have been a little predictable, but they really got their points across and were excited to be teaching and were passionate about what they taught. That might not be the right path for me, but it was for them. So I understand that you could get a little bored at one place and might need a change of place to help you out, but if the person is passionate and enjoys where they are I see no problem with someone staying put their whole career.