Title - A lesson on self esteem
By - Virginia Gordillo
As a graduating class teacher my concern has been to prepare kids for College, but also for life.
When I started my school year I tried to get to know my students as fast as I could. I did and also knew their personalities and some of their concerns.
Among one of my classes I noticed this girl, a little shy, and rejected by her mates. Her attention, her paperwork shoed, was anywhere but the class. She was writing nonsense sentences, so I went to the principal to see what I could find. The principal told me this girl, eighteen years old, came to this school the year before and academically was beyond the class. She also comes from a poor family and hasn't been socially accepted by students.
So I started to work, paying attention and helping this girl. Suddenly she was getting straight As. But since she happened to be a person of principles and values, saw another girl, lost and having trouble in the class next door. So she did to that girl the same I did with her. Last Friday we had a meeting with parents. The second girl's parents came grateful to me asking for their daughter's caring friend.
The lesson I learned last Friday is that being a role model is the must powerful way of teaching.
Always try to be the person your students may want to be.
Title - It's Your Choice
By - Jennifer Ponsart
Teaching middle school can be a challenge for some and a great pleasure for others. I love it because my students can begin to make their own choices about which way their lives are headed.
I had a student who came into my office last week. She was very concerned about her grade in my class. As an 8th grader preparing for the trials of high school, she knows that she needs to do well. Her grade was slowly slipping below average. This student decided it was time to get to work and find out what she needed to do to pass. So Friday afternoon she came to speak with me.
I told her that all she needed to do was complete the assignments that I had given her. I reminded her that at the beginning of the year I told the class: It's your choice! You choose your attitude. You choose how successful you will be in life. It's not us teachers, or your parents, or any other adult. We are here to guide you. Ultimately it is your choice!
The student remembered that topic from the beginning of the year. I reminded her that it was possible to meet her goals. She spoke about how she wanted to make her mother proud. I kindly reminded her that it was her choice to make those who mattered most in her life proud of her.
Now when she walks past me, she reminds me that she is going to raise her grade because it is her choice.
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