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To make sure the student is a part of his own experience, he has to lead an evaluation every semester. Teacher A believes that this is better “Instead of saying, ‘here’s your grade.’” She says, “This makes it very much on the student to explain how he feels he is doing and reflect on his performance and then listen to feedback fro the teacher. All of this, the parent hears and finds out about in the conference.
Student B disagreed with the concept even more than Teacher B. Student B said that, “The biggest thing a teacher can do in Elementary School is be fun and teach what’s right and wrong and make kids interested and enjoy the day.” This is a strong idea, because it strongly supports the idea that kids need to have a good strong relationship with their teachers. If they have fun and are engaged they will be free to learn more.
If they have good experiences with teachers’ early on, it will make them understanding and open to the teachers. They will in turn trust future teachers, whose jobs she feels it will be to teach them the lessons about History, Math and English, along with the study skills and habits it takes to accomplish appropriate learning. Regardless of when it is that a student learns what it takes to make it through school-time management, organization, essay writing, grammar and basic math, memorization, and study skills as well as test-taking skills-these are probably the most important tools for success necessary to have a strong work ethic, or more accurately, one that can accomplish tasks required.
This led me to believe that students were subject to the Control Theory. They were willing to cooperate with Mr. Jameson and accomplish their work, even getting involved in the discussions, but they weren’t so much when the substitute came to class.
Putting the work off until later was no good idea, but because there was no one telling them to do it, they did not care enough to get it done. This misuse of time, creates more stress later, as well as, what is for the most part, rushed, sloppy work. It only benefits this group in the short-run, because while they were able to mess around, and have fun then, they would have to work hard later. It also gave them the disadvantage of not being able to work together. If they were to do it at home then they would not be able to communicate with each other about it as much, and there would not be as much of a partnership involved in getting it done. Moreover, if they were going to do it by themselves at home in a free environment, when they wouldn’t in a closed environment, the chances that they would are lessened.
Although it is important for a student to learn the skills needed to do well, it is also up to him to use those skills and not fall back on poor study habits.