Maslow Theory

Immigration Discussion

        Before I knew factual information about immigration, I did not think that immigrants should be allowed. Now after hearing stories from people that actually came here as a undocumented person changed my whole perspective about it. I learned that if someone came here at the age of one from another country illegally than they were not considered a U.S. Citizen, because they did not have a social security number than they were illegal. They could not go a four year university, only a community college and they also could not get any government funding such as: scholarships, financial aid. If they wanted to go to college they had to pay with their own money. Illegal immigrants are not allowed to have high paying jobs. A lot of immigrants work under paid because their illegal and it is against the law to hire someone without the proper paper work and accurate social security.

F.L. Schlagle Environmental Library

        F.L. Schlagle Library has a summer camp for kids, and they do different activities that deals with nature. The volunteers are trying to educate children at a young age about nature. The first day when we went to the library we just observed and helped the teachers set up for this activity that they had planned. The students were studying birds. The activity was based on The reason why birds migrate. The second time we went we helped the students go fishing. Even though I am not quite the outdoors person I really enjoyed the fishing activity. The students knew more about fishing than I did. The students had a great time and so did I. I wish that I would have had that opportunity when I was growing up, because now I do not want anything to do with bugs or nature. But overall it was a really great experience, I enjoyed hearing the kids have passionate conversations about nature.

Observing at McDaniel Learning Center

     McDaniel Learning Center was an eye opener for me. It showed me that there are many different levels of learning disabilities such as: social disorders, autism, etc. Most importantly students at McDaniel Learning Center are very precious and really made my day. My favorite class was the kindergarten class, they were full of energy. It made me realize that we often times take the smallest things for granted like being able to communicate clearly with friends or family, when someone else might not be able to. At the same time it was very sad. I remember one student was blind and autistic and he could not walk yet. It was heart breaking.

Interviewing Process

We had the chance to interview different business owners as well as people that work for different company's. We had to ask them questions, and we had to grade them by the way they talked, made eye contact, and dressed.
It was really a great experience to be on the other side of the table being the interviewer.

In Class Lesson

In Class Lesson     

Keyanna Tolon

June 12, 2013

First, we read articles about different techniques that teachers can use to enhance the learning environment and reduce the number of distractions. My group read about different aromas that helps keep the brain going. I learned that peppermint and lavender help relax the brain as well as classical music. I also learned that classrooms that do not smell nice, because the students do not function as well as they are suppose to. bad smells are a distraction.

We also had to come up with a lesson to teach to the class, and they were misbehaving. so we were asked the question how would we deal with behavioral problems as a teacher. I realized that it’s best to talk to the student one on one, because it’ really doesn’t concern any of the other students, it’s something personal. unless they keep doing it intentionally. First we broke into small groups, and each group was suppose to come up with something to teach to our class. They were misbehaving: talking loud, being disrespectful and loud. we told them in a calm voice to stop being disruptive and just listen. but they didn’t listen so we had to say it louder and more sterner. I should have handled it in a more calming way. instead of lowering my voice when they were getting louder, my tone was the same as theirs. As a teacher you cannot show the student that he or she are getting to you.

The Issue of Race

The Issue of Race

Keyanna Tolon

June 25, 2013

         As a teacher, it is important to deal with the issue of race in a non bias way toward our students, administrators, and colleagues.

        

        Most importantly, you do not want to be biased towards one race while teaching, because the other students will get offended. As an adult you also do not want the student thinking that it is ok to be that way towards people, because its not. As a teacher, you are suppose to stress the fact that equality is a must. We are human, therefore no one should be treated any differently because of their ethnicity. Also as a teacher, you have to be careful how you approach administration about race. It is a touchy topic, which means people will have strong opinions about it. Administrators also hold a lot of power, and sometimes even though when you do not agree with them you just have to bite your tongue so that whatever you say won't jeopardize your job. A teacher must also be respectful of his or her colleagues ethnicities. In conclusion, in order to be a good teacher you must be educated about different cultures and races because you will have students from different places. And it is very important to know about all of the different races so no one will be offended.