It has been a long while since I've taught in an urban
setting, but today's readings brought back a lot of the joys, successes, and
failures I've had in that environment.
I set out as a naive 24 year old with no teaching experience, and over
the course of a year was able to become extremely successful in classroom
management. The article put it perfectly
when referring to it as "tough love."
Students need direct commands and clear expectations, but they also need
to know that they are cared for. When my
long-term substitute teaching assignment was over, I took my class out for
dinner. They had selected a buffet. I don't know if I was supposed to do that or
not, but I was no longer affiliated with the school and I had all of their
parent's permission. We laughed and had
a great time. I would like to be
influential like this again. I am
pursuing a teaching position with NYC schools and would love to implement what
I've learned and what I've become good at, while learning much more.
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