Teacher and student

 

 This article attracted my attention right away. Getting deeper into the article i grew to dislike it for the reason it just got to wordy and moved away from painting a picture in my head what the article started talking about the teacher and student relationship. i had two very clear pictures in my head about two great television shows with teacher student relationships; The Simpsons and Boy Meets World.

Quote 1:  "Her relationship with Antwon Saladin has been rough as of late. Although Antwon was cordial, if not eager to please, back in September, Danielle has experienced him as rude, disrespectful, and downright hostile for most of the last several weeks. Antwon, likewise, feels like Ms. Petersen is also rude, disrespectful and hostile toward him."

I relate this to " The Simpsons" Bart Simpson the trouble maker and his teacher Ms. Krabapple. Bart is the biggest trouble maker in school and also the student teachers fear most. One teacher Ms. Krabapple is not phased by Bart one bit, WHY? Ms. Krapapple understands Bart, he loves attention, create an environment to not learn, off topic, low attention span, trouble maker and well know in school. Ms Krapapple uses her teaching tools to use his self against his self to create a better classroom for learning weather that means ignore certain acts, cries for help, detention, ignoring him, pointless work and witty and embarrassing jokes back. These examples create a line of respect and understanding which result in a better classroom.
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Quote 2:  "To compound matters, she is afraid of urban African American students like Antwon who do not communicate with one another or with in the way she is accustomed by virtue of her middle- class European upbringing."

Before any teacher teaches at a district or school she must get an understatement for the demographics of the area, student life outside school, school participation, academic achievement, attendance and work ethics to name a few. If you know the students you tech you are one step ahead of your teaching career. one must be versatile and know not all student are the same come from the same place and learn the same. which means you have to have different teaching styles or you can lose student in your class like Antwon. teaching is a difficult job which means extra work is needed if you want to be a great teacher.

Quote 3: "In Antwon's case he been testing Ms. Peterson for weeks, trying to determine weather she is an ally or an impediment to his success."

I will relate this back to "Boy Meets World" Cory and his best friend Shawn are not the best students in the school but the stay together and work to try and pass and they sometimes do not understand Mr. Feenys ways of assimilating to them. Cory and Shawn feel like Mr. Feeny is against them in all aspects but Mr. Feeny is on their side. He is very acknowledging about this home life and extra curricular activities so he tries to help the, see the world through his eyes which they don't understand so they take it as he is the enemy just trying to fail them both. Cory and Shawn just do not see him as an alley even though he is, the 3 of them must be at a total understanding for learning to happen.