An Indian Father's Plea

This went with what we talked about in class because the Indian father knows that his son is culturally different and will respond differently but wants his son to succeed. He just wants the teacher to try to work with both cultures and to reach his son, connecting Indian culture with western society culture.

Demographics Of The School (edited)

I went to my first visit to my school on Friday morning. I was a little confused when I first got there because the school was actually the bottom floor of a middle school. I have never heard of an elementary school and a middle school being mixed that way. It was interesting how the two schools work with each other. There were two separate main offices. That made me question if there are two different administrations. Is everything shared or divided? Like the cafeteria and music rooms and outside facilities.  That was my first surprise. My second surprise was how the school was very plain. I have only ever been in my elementary school and it was always filled with color and different posters. The walls at this elementary school were plain and white. It took me back for a second. But was one enters the classroom, the walls are then filled again with color and various posters. I definitely noticed that order and strictness a theme in this elementary school. Before walking into my classroom, there were several other classes walking to and from various classrooms. All the children had to be in a straight and quiet line and moved from corner to corner. If any student was misbehaving the whole line would be stopped and wait for that one child. Then when I went in to spend time with my kids, the teacher of the classroom was very strict. She always said she wanted to see the most responsible table and liked to keep her classroom at a low volume. The children obviously respected her and always followed orders. They had a nice little system running. The teacher was continuously pushing her students to behave and to exceed at what they were doing. She would constantly remind that what they were doing and had was a privilege and that they should behave top notch. My classroom has a student teacher and of course the kids love spending time with that teacher. But the classroom teacher is reminding that she does not have to be there if they are misbehaving. It is obvious that order is valued. All the different rules and outline of day's events are placed on the wall. Also when the kids sat on the rug for a book, they have to sit in rows. Straight and very orderly. At the desks, all the children are asked to sit up and no slouching. This teacher runs her class with discipline and order. For that she has gained a great amount of respect for her. I am looking forward to learning different teaching strategies in this classroom.

The ethnicity in this classroom is definitely very diverse. There are many hispanic children, and also african american. White population is definitely a minority in this elementary school. The information at info works definitely backs this up. It says that about 58% of the children are hispanic and only 13% are white. Rest being african american or native american. After also looking at info works, I see that this school does not meet the targets of the state or other schools that are similar. They fall short on testing more often then exceed. And it almost grows worth as the children get older. This intrigues me and I am wondering exactly how this will effect my time with the kids.

My First Post

Hi-
I am Stephanie Constant. I am a sophomore and my semester is going pretty well. I am excited to apply to the program at the end of this semester!!! When I am not in school, i work a lot. I work at vera Bradley in the Providence Place Mall. I also play a lot of sports like volleyball and basketball. I coach Ponaganset High School's basketball team. That is pretty much it.
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