This site is a class blog space for new Career and Technical Specializations and Heathcare Science teachers enrolled in the New Teacher Institute (NTI) at Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia.
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Making assumptions
I can admit that I did make an assumption about one of my students and my assumption was wrong. I have a student who is over 6 feet tall and is very loud and is always rapping out loud. Well come to find out this student is actually a good student. You might ask, "What do you consider a good student?" This student completes all of the assignments early, to the point I have to give him more to do. He always comes to me and ask "Ms. Jackson I'm finished, what do you want me to do next?" I tell you when I realized this wasn't the average student I was pleasantly surprised. Most of my students do not complete assignments and I have to explain the directions several times. So the moral of this is don't make assumptions about "people" based on looks and your past experiences,get to know the person for who "they are" not on generalizations.
I wish we had more students like this on in all our classes - then life would be too easy I guess.
ReplyDeleteRecently I realized that because our students may look mature they are not and sometimes we as teachers tend to forget that they may be tall and big but they are still just teens and we have to deal with them as adults in the making. We cannot have too many expectations of them - yet we have to draw the line somewhere and yet maintain a professional teacher student relationship. If we can accomplish this tasks - I believe we as teachers will achieve a few of our objectives or goals.