my amazing poem

Children are learning
Teachers are going crazy
Kids ready for break!

This is just a short poem that captures a fraction of how crazy a Friday afternoon is in elementary schools. This is an important part of teaching that I hope we can cover more in this class. I remember talking a little bit on our first day of class about how students attitudes change before a weekend or a break.I think this is important because EVERY school I have ever observed all the kids go crazy Friday afternoon and before winter breaks. I would like to learn different strategies I could use to control the kids!

Martian Paragraph from the group

We live in a world today where everyone is treated equally. That is, as long as you fall into that “everyone” category. Ever since the Civil Rights Movement, our public school systems are integrated, meaning that students of any race are able to attend. The truth is, a school’s demographic makeup reflects the district, or community, it belongs to. For example, if you look at a school district where the majority of the school’s population is of a certain race, you can safely assume that the town is made up of the same demographic breakdown.

Our students are white, black, Hispanic, rich, poor, speak English, are learning English for the first time, and are culturally diverse. Attending school is not optional, and is regulated by the Federal Government. The public school system educates a range of students from ages five to eighteen. Depending on the type of school (i.e. middle, elementary, high school, etc), students up to a certain age will attend before moving on to the next appropriate school. Once high school is completed, furthering your education is optional.

Unlike our students, our teachers are less culturally diverse. The majority of our teachers are white females. They are experienced and well educated. Most of them have advanced degrees. Schools with low poverty levels tend to have more qualified teachers than those schools with higher poverty levels.

First Class

I am really excited about this class and learning about how education got to where it is today. Also im excited to see what the Newark school of arts is going to be like. I have never obsereved a school in a ubran setting like that so I'm looking foward to that experience.