Topic:
First Day of Substitute teaching.Introduction: I’ve always enjoyed the idea of teaching. The ability to express one’s knowledge to another and having it absorb, then being able to enjoy the successor’s use of knowledge always has intrigued me.
How was the day attractive to you?
I enjoyed the experience of trying something new. I was put into an environment that I had never previously been involved with.Location:The school was in a more urban district which I had grown up in so was used to certain behaviors of people. This enabled me to have a better understanding of how to deal with certain situations. Overall it was a bit overwhelming, my first couple of times, because now it was myself that was in charge of the classroom procedure.
Anecdotes:
The first day of class there was a fight in the hallways. This was a bit alarming considering that it was now my responsibility to end the confrontation. I had assistance of other teachers and faculty members, but this did put a damper on my otherwise carefree day.
Experience learned.
Through this new route in occupation I learned to deal with new social situations with youths. I was able to apply my disciplinary attributes to real life circumstances. The differences with behaviors expanded my views on different social backgrounds.
What else to include doing this essay:
During this essay I will also speak on personal ideologies of learning. What I would do further as a teacher from this experience. What my previous thoughts were about taking on this new job. What I had done wrong on my first few attempts of substitute teaching. What I learned from these mistakes. How these mistakes will help me in future situations, even if not directly involved with teaching.
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4 comments:
Wow. This is really well developed - it looks like you put a lot of work into this already. I feel like you'd be able to walk us through the day while still giving us that learning incite and self discovery.
I love that you enjoy being a teacher. Even in your prewriting it is very evident that you enjoy what you do. I think that you've made a great start in developing your essay to be informative and still personal. It seems to me that there are a lot of places that this single topic can take you, and you look pretty prepared to go there.
I am impressed with the way you approached this subject from multiple angles. I liked your process of questioning the topic and recollecting anecdotes and reflecting on the concepts it connects to. Good. Keep going with that. You might want to accumulate some more anecdotes and reflections and then look for patters - what points do you come back to? What issues seem to pop up in all of your "angles"? => kind of an inductive method for finding your subject.
Also, I agree with Sharonda that there are a lot of places this topic can take you - and it is good that in this pre-writing you are scoping them out - so you can pick the directions you want to go.
Nice.
I like your topic and you seem to have reflected a lot about what it means to be a substitute teacher. I think your anecdotes are a good place to start with this topic because they bring up different issues about teaching.
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