talking points #5

well first off i didn't realize that a blog had to be done today until i got to class. i thought that the only thing that was due today was the midterm letter which now i know that that isn't true. the article by oakes and lipton was about the way things in classes are handed. during class today i said that if something within the class isnt fun and or something that can keep a student paying attention it makes it harder on the teacher because it the students have trouble paying attention. for example my class at west broadway had trouble paying attention last week because they were told they were going to have a party at the end of the day. every kid that was in there was all riled up and it made it very hard for me to teach my students because i know that all they were thinking about was that party. a teacher would have trouble because the students don't seem to care so why should they? they are getting paied to be there and the students arent listening which in turn could lead to them being affected.