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...education and the teaching profession. Also, I will teach in a public high school, the most exciting aspect of the experience. Even though I'm less than three years distant from my own high school experience, hindsight and maturity serve as new lenses through which to look at the classroom...
...believe that the majority of the mentors in our public schools are there for the opportunity to help children understand their surroundings, past and present, in order to acquire knowledge and cognitive skills for use in future situations. The teacher, when confronted with the challenge of entering the classroom, embraces the daunting task instead of giggling nervously...
...lucky student growing up, for there was a teacher in my household. My mother taught high school chemistry for more than three decades, a year of which was spent with 120 kids in addition to her own son spilling into her classroom daily. The co-existence of the mother-son and student-teacher relationships made that year particularly interesting. Because the parent was the teacher, there was no communication barrier to overcome. At home we could talk about assignments or concepts as if engaging in regular conversation. The school building was as much of a home as the structure...
This viewpoint, from the stance of an "invisible" observer and interactive helper, is wonderfully educational. I strongly encourage every college student to spend a few days in a public school, whether as a tutor, teacher or observer. Schooling will be so different from how you remember it. Teaching styles, classroom dynamics, aptitude classifications all show the variation that goes on within a school, emphasizing the uniqueness of every kid and the strengths and weaknesses of the approach to public education. You will see why individual attention is needed...
...cared greatly about what his students learned and it showed every time he entered the classroom," said Roy D. Shapiro, Phillips professor of manufacturing at HBS. "He set high standards. His students loved...