Blog Comparison

 
When comparing my personal obstacles and views with those found on the website, I was surprised at how similar my ideas were with those listed. I found some interesting points being made by the members' posts. For example, under What Obstacles MLEs face, I found it interesting someone listed teachers who are not teaching for the good of the student, just simply staying in the teaching profession for the pension benefits. It is sad, but a true reality-a lot of teachers simply do the job for the money and benefits, not because it is their PASSION. I find this extremely troubling and would not want any of my future children nor students, to encounter a teacher whom is only teaching for the benefits, not with the student's best interest in mind. Another obstacle mentioned under the same category that I found intriguing, was when they mentioned being persistent with encouraging the students. This was also something I mentioned in my list. All teachers need to be that encouragement for all of their students, because you, as the teacher, might be the only form of encouragement they ever get.

Reading through the list regarding young adolescents, I thought it was great how someone mentioned they need to have sufficient time for pondering. As teachers, we need to allow our students some critical and imaginary thinking time. This is essential for students so they are not always forced to focus on what is going on in the classroom, and can have a few moments to creatively escape and thing about what is going on. Something else that was mentioned, that I totally forgot about, was to inform our students about predatory adults. All too often we are too focused on the school work, neglecting to inform our students about the dangers lurking in the neighborhoods in which we may be teaching and that some people do not always have their best interest in mind.

I found the lists provided by the advisory board extremely interesting and helpful in thinking more critically into these things, as a future teacher.