25 year old mother from Pakistani become a first grader...

Video:

http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2011/01/21/sayah.pakistan.first.grade.mom.cnn?iref=allsearch

Article:

http://unhypnotize.com/world-news/45016-pakistani-mother-enrolls-first-grade.html

    This article is about a 25 year old mother that lives in Pakistani that enrolled in first grade with her two boys.  I love the idea of this article because after 25 years she took it upon herself to get an education.  Also, her husband is so much of a supporter of her.  It seems a little odd, but it just goes to show you that it’s never to late too go to school.

Freedom Writer's

Over all I enjoyed watching the Freedom Writer’s.  Erin, I believe, was the best influence in that school and in the students of Room 203 lives because she saw that she could make a difference and refused to give up.   Granted she thought she would have respect from the students right away because she was a teacher, but she was able to gain respect from them over time once she showed them that she was different from the other school staff there. She refused to take no for an answer from her buying the students books to the class raising of money for a speaker to come. 

                As for me, the other faculty members were selfish and have lost what it meant to be a teacher.  For example the teacher that was to teach the Jr. and Sr. classes throwing a fit like a child because the students wanted to stay with Erin.

                I believe Erin was able to make a difference in their lives so much because she saw the students as people and not as students with a trouble past that won’t make it far.  Once she got them to believe they could do anything with their lives, they started to see it in themselves.  Truly I hope once I’m a teacher that I could be able to make such a great difference in  students lives as Erin did.

Alternative teacher licensure

   Over all, I believe having an alternate path to receive a teaching licensure is great idea.  It's a great idea because it is speeding up the process to be able to produce more much needed teachers to reduce the student to teacher ratio.  Which would in turn give the teacher more time to spend with each student, so they have the best school experience as possible.  But I also have to ask, what would this speed up process cost in the long run.  Would this process produce less effective and less prepared teachers.  And if that is the case it would be the students who would be loosing the most in the long run.

http://www.kare11.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=900178

Why I Want To Become A Teacher...

Think back when you were younger and you were asked the question “What do you want to be when you grow up?”  How did you answer the question?  For me, every time my answer has always been to become a Special Education Teacher.  I have always loved being around children, but my reason is deeper.  For me, for almost my whole school experience prior to college, I was a student in special education for three classes.  Growing up and taking special education classes with my best friend who has Dyslexia and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, and seeing how some special education teachers interacted with her, showed how some where GREAT and some did not have the patience to deal with her.  Taking what I learned from being a special education student makes me believe that I would be a good special education teacher being I know how it is on the other side, sitting in the student’s chair.   Another reason for becoming a special education teacher is I would prefer to have a smaller student to teacher ratio, so I could connect more one on one with each student.  Along with this is that another friend of mine has a son that has a moderate case of Autism, he is such a great child.  I love working with him to get him to accomplish all his steps to continue with his beginning school years. Each time he finally accomplishes something he has been working at for a while, seeing his face just light up, just brings the greatest feeling ever to me.  And that is the three main reasons why I would love to become a Special Education teacher.