Passion!

There has been many times that I can recall where I became more interested in a subject because of the teachers enthusiasm and also times where i loved a subject passionally but lost interst because the teacher was not very enthusiasic about it. A very recent experience i had was last fall with Kate Martinson for Art in the Elementry school.. I loved the subject so much and the way she taught it to the class.. i found myself just trying to listen and absorb what i could from the subject and really learn how we can be a good teacher in the classroom with Art and all of the differernt ways to do art was so amazing to me ..it could be just a simple thing but seems so big to the little kids..I loved that.. and having the experience in a clinical setting of an art room was so great for me and i learned so much..as i just love Art.. Learning how to be a good teacher was a key to the passion of teaching art for me..
There were many other classes that affected me greatly with a passion..
One class although that impacted me greatly that i loved but had no interest in because the teacher was not very enthustic about it..was when i was in a computer class..the teacher did not seem to reach me as he was very this is what this is and taht is this.. and it was like ok show me.. i dont understand.. and he did not show us so therefore i felt like i learned nothing when the class was over..if i had any hope of remembering or understanding how to do certain things on the computer i would have to go into the book and hope that i would be able to figure out how it was done..
I really feel that a teacher really needs to have a real passion for what they are teacher rather than they are just there because they need a job.. the students need to know that they care a great deal and feel that the teachers wants to be there because they want to be and not for pay..that is my feeling on this..

Authenticity

I feel that we as future teachers will know where our limits are for expressing authenticity because as a teacher sometimes we have to draw a line where this is as far as we can go..we have to be able to be authentic when the circumstances are right. When a student doesn't seem to care and we keep trying and trying to help them.. that might be one situation. How students can tell when a teacher is not authenitc is when they do not try to help them or do not seem to let the student know that they care about the student and truely wants them to be successful. the ramifications for learning if a teacher is seen as a "fake" or not authenic with students often times might be a lack of respect in the classroom..lack of respect for the teacher.. a lack of respect for their surroundings...the students might not care about their school work..they might feel not very important to the teacher..the teacher might not be a successful teacher and lose their job if they appear to not be doing their job of reaching all students.

Compassion

There has been many times when the compassion of a teacher has made a difference in my life..I was the only deaf student in a mainstream school and had very little language when I started school in first grade...they developed a signing class so that all of the kids and teachers could learn sign to communicate with me.. I was teaching many teachers at the same time as they were teaching me..they were so kind with me and tried to find ways to help me succeed in school. With the help of so many teachers and outside help and programs and the devotation and compassions of teachers I was able to succeed and become really smart and skilled and my speech became so fluent for a deaf person. I am now 22 years old today and i dont know where I would be today if it had not been for all the people that helped me.

Respect!

1. My definition of Respect is..listening with out interrupting ... Respect is...taking other's feelings into consideration ... Respect is...keeping an open mind...Respect is agreeing to disagree...Respect is trying to understand other's point of view...Respect is building others up rather than tearing them down..Respect is honesty..Respect is many things. How respect looks in the classroom to me is when teacher earns the kids respect and then the kids start to respect the teacher.. also...kids and teachers has something in common..that is that they are human beings and they all make mistakes..teachers should be willing to admit when he/she makes a mistake and apologize to them..just as kids should do the same..teachers should be real serious about what he/she is teacher and teach it with a passion..The impact on respect or lack of respect in a classroom is when the kids are very disrespectful..it has a huge impact on the teachers work..Parent often times have a role in this becuase they weren't being a parent at home and there for their kids or taught them to be respectful of one another..Teachers often times get blamed for things that they shouldn't have..one might feel that they arent doing thier job as a teacher. Respect is best established in a classroom when teachers set down the rules and earns the kids respect and shows them that they are human beings and they do make mistakes but that we all help one another to succeed!