Make Class Interesting by Jaleal Pittman

In my life, I have had many different teachers that I have liked and disliked. I have personally faced some good teachers and also bad teachers. I had a teacher that had a good teaching method but the teacher did not make it interesting, and I was very bored. I was causing big disruptions and causing the other students to have problems learning the materials. I thought the teacher should not just stand up in front of the class. She did not let the class talk when we was finished our work. I was always sent to the principal’s office. However, the principal knew that I was a good student but I could not change the class because that was the only teacher teaching that subject. My mother was getting many calls at work and home informing her that I was acting up in the class. My mother did not allow that and she got feed up. She said that I wouldn’t like all the teachers that I will have in my life so I needed to grow up and do the work. Even though I ended up failing the class and had to take the class the next year, I learned that I can not let the teacher and her teaching methods cause me to do stupid things.

I have learned that I need to strive to do my best even if the teacher does not have a good lesson plan. The advice I give for current or future teachers is to have a more interesting class and to get the students more involved with the lesson. You can also have your class do more hands-on assignments instead of you just standing there in front the class and giving a long lecture. You should not only teach things from the past but also things from the present because I like to learn the past but I also want to see how the past relates to the present. I also think you should allow students to talk after they finish their work because its makes the class more interesting.