http://eduprosetry.edublogs.org the secret thoughts of a wanna be teacher Mon, 09 Feb 2009 01:56:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en  "Love is not a relationship. Love is a state of being; it has nothing to do with anybody else. One is not in love, one is love. And of course when one is love, one is in love - but that is an outcome, a by-product, that is not the ... http://eduprosetry.edublogs.org/2009/02/08/put-this-on-a-sweetheart-candy-and-i-will-eat-the-whole-bag/                 On the first day back at McNair the students were required to attend an assembly in the school’s café. During this assembly the benchmark scores for each grade and PLC were announced. Public praise was given to those PLC groups and classes who held the highest average, read the ... http://eduprosetry.edublogs.org/2009/01/07/whos-the-bestnot-you/ They say the world changed that day But did it really? Millions screamed in awe and agony at the changing face of democracy but still others in parts of the country were denied the humanity and the ability to fall in love Marry Grow old with Raise a family and die in the arms of the one They called husband or ... http://eduprosetry.edublogs.org/2008/11/25/cry/ I. I had this dream An Idea of mine Through the water, through the sea A quicker way to get my queen money Look, see, all around Were Unknown trees and Unknown ground Dark skin Hair long and straight Language not of men but of apes I took a step and a breath And claimed the soil beneath me We took them ... http://eduprosetry.edublogs.org/2008/11/19/there-are-two-sides-to-every-story/ OOOOOVVVVVVVEEEEERRRRRRWHHHEEEELLLLMMMMMMEEEEDDDDD overwhelmed but fantastic http://eduprosetry.edublogs.org/2008/09/17/sohow-ya-feel-honey/ WOW! This has been the longest three weeks of my academic life. I knew that the journey I was beginning would be a long one; however, I did not know it would be this intense. Before starting the program I had different ideas about what I thought a good teacher ... http://eduprosetry.edublogs.org/2008/05/23/%e2%80%9cone-little-person-at-a-time%e2%80%9d/ A great fear of mine, as I begin my quest to become a teacher, is that I will get a student who does not speak any English. I fear this because I am afraid that the language barrier will cause me to do a disservice to her or him. This ... http://eduprosetry.edublogs.org/2008/05/22/fear-of-foreign-language/ The purpose of education, as Gatto mentions in his article and what many educators believe, should be to make meaning or provide the information to people so that meaning could be made. However, often this is not the case. The process of education in America, more specifically the process of ... http://eduprosetry.edublogs.org/2008/05/21/stifle-the-revolution/ There is a man I know, quite well because I use to date him, who is an excellent poster child of how schools fail students. He grew up in Atlanta and is a product of the public school system. He is arguable one of the smartest people I know, ... http://eduprosetry.edublogs.org/2008/05/20/one-child-left-behind/ When I was in the second grade I remember being placed in the group known as the Blue Birds. The Blue Birds group was the reading group comprised of the students who were a little behind in their reading. We read thinner books with words that all the students ... http://eduprosetry.edublogs.org/2008/05/19/blue-bird-blue-bird-fly-away/