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- Joy Burroughs
- I am originally from Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. I relocated to Arizona in 1990. I have been teaching in a small Arizona community on the border of the Navajo Indian reservation. I have worked with middle school students for the last 8 years. This explains my level of insanity.
Our group discussed how it is the norm to lump all students into one group and expect us to figure out the rest. Every student does learn differently the challenge becomes being able to teach differently that many ways. We also found it interesting that the author left a note saying to pass the book onto an administrator. More $$$ for the author.
ReplyDeleteEverybody learns differently and has different strengths and weaknesses. This is what teachers have been telling administrators and lawmakers for years. Now it is the "new big thing" that is making some people a lot of money.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the premise of the story. I feel like we, as teachers, try to reach all students in the way they learn best but so much is required of us we end up doing what we can fit in. Too much whole group instruction hoping kids can catch something as we swing by. This is totally frustrating to me!!
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We thought that the book applied to all of as educators and portrayed the frustrations we all feel as teachers. We feel like we are spending all of our time teaching to check off each standard instead of developing their individual interests and talents.
ReplyDeleteWe each have a starting point and an ending point, each student is different, the way we get to the end may not be the same as the student sitting next to us. The important thing is that we all reach the end.
ReplyDeleteOur group (Amanda, Lisa S., and Kathleen) understood the moral of the story very well. We cannot expect all of our students to learn the same way.
ReplyDeleteThe book was a good analogy for the classroom. It helped us understand the frustrations our students are feeling when we only teach to the standards. We unintentionally leave out students or we don't allow students to bask in their strengths. We always push for more so our scores will look good. This made us really think about how we can reach EACH student and help them not only be successful, but also feel successful in school.
ReplyDeleteWe tend to act like the animals' teacher because we forget that they are individuals with different learning styles. Also we are bound to follow the curriculum so, we end up rushing to teach specific concepts eventhough some students don't have the mastery yet. We treat students without regards to their background and emotional aspect.
ReplyDeleteEach of the animals had their own strength and struggled in other areas. Only the unusual were able to exceed. There weren't any subjects for others and so they started their own school. We need to try to reach each one through their learning style.
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