Tuesday, October 23, 2007
The Promise of Urban Schools
Urban schools are suffering from many challenges. Urban schools lack the resources that suburban schools have. Urban schools have great potential to prosper. Urban schools need to undergo many changes. Urban school students need to be encouraged through knowledge. Teachers need to be able to relate to their students. Urban school students shouldn't feel like their participation is not valued. They need to know that they are an important part of the community. They can make a difference in their lives if they are willing.(Teachers and the community also need to help in making a difference.) Teachers need to be actively involved in debates and actions in their schools as well as in their cities. Parent participation is also very important.(The Promise....pg.3-4) Instead of controlling students we need to inspire them. Action definately needs to happen quickly in order for their to be changes in the urban school environment. Schools need to prepare their students for the real world society. Schools also need to guide students in decisions that will affect their lives and also their community.
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After reading your blog, the one thing that stood out to me was, "Instead of controlling students we need to inspire them." I agree with this. Instead of trying to make them do everything that we want, we should be helping them become the best that we could be. By being the mean, yelling, dictating teacher, the students education could be at stake. When students have teachers like that, they might not perform up to what they could becuase they have all the stress from the teacher. I believe in order and rules in a classroom and you want the students to respect you, but you also need to know that there has to be a balance.
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