Talk:Foundations of Education and Instructional Assessment/Edition 2/Table of Contents/Chapter 1/1.4.3
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Kalperin (talk) 19:28, 30 June 2008 (UTC) I could not agree more with the issues that were discussed in your article. I am currently teaching high school and am in the process of taking the required classes to receive my 'official' teaching license. I have to say that out of my five required classes, only one has helped prepare me for the REAL issues that I come across everyday. This class happened to be a curriculum instruction course and it has helped me to shape and improve my lesson plans, but the rest of the classes I am taking pretty much have nothing to do with my everyday experiences as a teacher. On a daily basis, I am exposed to fights and EXTREME discipline problems, drugs, teenage pregnancies and emotional disorders. And this is only the half of it. A majority of my students come from abusive homes or don't come to school at all because of a lack of support from thier parents. I have learned to deal with this simply from experience.... I definately agree that more emphasis needs to placed on the real issues that we as teachers are going to face, because, let me tell you, I was shocked to learn about what these KIDS go through on a daily basis... The reality of their lives is not checked at the door when they come in the building, it shapes who they are. I think classes on how to deal with the personal issues of our students are necessary and would teach us how to help them beyond the required curriculum. Kalperin (talk) 19:28, 30 June 2008 (UTC) 70.160.119.1 (talk) 19:12, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
I believe this article did a very good job of presenting the differences between the "ideal" classroom experience and the "reality" of a classroom in today's society. To some extent, I agree with the critics this author refers to when stating that not all teacher prep courses are adequately preparing future teachers. However, I also agree with the reference to the majority of teachers studied by the US Dept. of Education who said "there were issues for which no college or university could have prepared them". I am sure I will say something similar once I have finished my teacher prep. program and have a class of my own, that no amount of knowledge will ever be able to truly prepare me for LIFE 101. I do hope, though, that it will come close and as long as I hit the target, even if I miss the bulls eye at times, I feel like I will still have an adequate foothold for dealing with issues in today's society. Cmorr040 (talk) 02:35, 18 July 2008 (UTC)
This article was good once I really got myself into it. I first started off somewhat confused because the wording was a little awkward, but I began to understand. And I do believe that the teaching is behind when they portray an "ideal" classroom to a "reality" classroom. Having friends that are teachers, pretty much said that you have to have a strong backbone going into teaching because as a first time or an experienced teacher, students try to try thrier teachers and school do not prepare you for it. I really enjoyed reading the last paragraph, you seem to have a very strong and noteworthy opinion.Sjone085 (talk) 02:20, 7 August 2008 (UTC)
