primalmommy on sun 5 sep 04
Jeanne, I am sorry that what I wrote seemed to disparage teachers.I was
pretty sure that my previous disclaimers would make it clear that I hold
most teachers inhigh regard.
My intention was to gently persuade Tony that his college pottery
teacher philosophy might be a little less relevant to, say, long time
veteran teachers in inner city schools. The ones I have known were, yes,
helping students have better chances in life -- and yes, knew what they
did was important -- but as far as Tony's approach, would likely admit
that they did not do it "because they liked the kids" or "because they
really wanted to be there".
Again, sorry. My broad brush sometimes slops outside the intended lines.
Yours
Kelly in Ohio
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Wood Jeanne on mon 6 sep 04
Hi All,
Kelly, thanks very much for this post. I have
understood your message of respect from other posts,
which is why I reacted to this last one. And about
"broad brush strokes" as an art teacher I would advise
deciding what you want your final outcome to be. Some
projects require staying very precisely in lines,
other projects are fine with using lines only as a
general guide, and yet other projects have you throw
the lines away altogether ;-)
I think you have to be nice to students and let them
know you like them. But that doesn't mean being weak
and let them stomp all over you. It often means
treating them (and yourself) with respect and simply
not giving up on even the toughest students, like the
rest of society has.
Yrs,
Jeanne
(Also it is a very, very nice thing to let them work
with clay)
--- primalmommy wrote:
> Jeanne, I am sorry that what I wrote seemed to
> disparage teachers.I was
> pretty sure that my previous disclaimers would make
> it clear that I hold
> most teachers inhigh regard.
>
> My intention was to gently persuade Tony that his
> college pottery
> teacher philosophy might be a little less relevant
> to, say, long time
> veteran teachers in inner city schools. The ones I
> have known were, yes,
> helping students have better chances in life -- and
> yes, knew what they
> did was important -- but as far as Tony's approach,
> would likely admit
> that they did not do it "because they liked the
> kids" or "because they
> really wanted to be there".
>
> Again, sorry. My broad brush sometimes slops outside
> the intended lines.
>
> Yours
> Kelly in Ohio
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