My partner and I had a new experience of which I have mixed feelings. On one had hand, saying goodbye to our previous teacher Mrs. Diette was unfortunate. The times for our visits just couldn’t work due to our scheduling. In the back of my mind, I will continuously think of the things that could have been with her class and Maury Middle school. However, we were given the privilege of traveling to Rockbridge County Highschool to be apart of Mrs. Leadbetter’s classroom experience.
As we walked through the Highschool, I experienced a very different sight from the Middle School. I saw teenagers on the verge of finding themselves and much more interactions than I am used to. In Mrs. Leadbetter’s class, order was established through humor. This fact was surprising yet interesting and gave me an idea of how to approach the kids in the class.
The class is currently reading the book Night by Elie Wiesel and looking at it through an analytical rhetorical lens. Soon they will be writing informed research papers on a topic of their choice. During this process we have been asked to assist the students in gathering ideas for this paper and potentially helping through the research process. Personally, I am looking forward to getting to know them all to understanding their dynamic and learning tendencies.
Tahvon,
I appreciate you sharing your feelings about switching classrooms. I think the constraint of Ms Diette’s schedule has made it difficult to access her class time to full potential, but I hope you will welcome the opportunity to consider Ms Diette’s room. Please edit your blog and follow the assignment for Part I and Part II, sharing your roles, rapport, responsibilities in recent experience mentoring the students on their research papers and topic-development. What exchanges did you have, challenges? How did you interact with the students and how did the reading in PBT chapters define your reflections on that experience?
MAJ Hodde