Sunday, January 11, 2009

The Perfect Teacher by Tremayne Gresham

Teachers are very unique in ways but at the same time they are lame, too. All teachers have different styles and techniques for teaching, at least that’s what they tell you. Teachers get their teaching methods from the Board of Education. I think this just tells them the order to teach the different parts of the curriculum. Teachers should ask the student what they want to learn first and take it into consideration. The way teachers teach now is just pitiful. They give long assignments that usually don’t give students a chance to learn because you struggle with it and need help. Teachers should make sure that the assignments that they give are an exact example of what they have finished teaching. That way the practice will be helpful. Like in most students’ situations they are saying to themselves that they are not going to do the assignment because they did not have a full understanding. Other students think the same thing and at the same time, they are busy doing others things and don’t have time to do the assignment. When they have a chance to get it done, they can’t because they don’t understand and are constantly falling behind.

I think that teachers should start making more trivia game-like lessons so it will be more interesting. I have seen students come into class ready to listen but because the lesson is so boring they are asleep in 10 minutes. I have had the same thing happen to me and the lesson was so boring that it was impossible to stay awake. This is especially true in classes like history and government. A good suggestion for teachers when it comes to teaching government and history is to give assignments where we have to read and answer questions but the question have to be in the order that you read in. A lot of teachers take the time to plan these long and boring lessons and they expect you to listen and pay close attention. Yeah, we are supposed to so we will learn the material. The only reason that I can see why teachers plan lessons this way is because it is somewhat just like college only you are expected to sit and listen to boring lectures and take notes. College teachers shouldn’t teach that way.

The way that teachers teach is the reason why a lot of students are cheating but what kind of help is that when you can’t cheat your way through high school and eventually start to fail.

2 comments:

  1. Bra it's the teachers decision to decide how much you learn or how they want to teach. It's the students job to pay attention the best way they can

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  2. I agree with Rashad. College teachers will use the lecture/take notes method...might as well get used to it.

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