As teacher, it is our duty to impart information to
our students that will help them become better citizens of the future. In the movie
“The
Class”, we saw the teacher’s duty. He/she managers the classroom.
He/she also discipline the students and teach them values that will build their
good character. The main character, Mr. Marin, is a teacher. A teacher who has
students with different race and culture. For me, having those types of
students require great patience. In the movie, the teacher experiences some
disrespectfulness of the students. As teacher also, Mr. Marin follows up the
student’s status and tell it to their parents. He also praises his students
when he sees some improvement and creativity when It comes to classroom
activities.
As
teacher, we measure how much students have learned throughout the whole
semester, year, or grading period through examinations. One way of finding out
whether they have learned or not is through directly questioning them on what
they have learned. In the movie, Mr. Marin asked the student on what are the
things that they acquired from the classes. As teacher, he is expecting that
all of his students will have their answer. One rebellious student answered, “I
have learned nothing from the books we read in the class”. But the teacher
didn’t gave up, for he know that the student have learned something. He asked
if she read other books in their home. Then, the student answered yes, she did.
After which, the teacher ask a follow up question on what the book is all
about.
When the
class has ended, one student approached the Mr. Marin and tell him that she
have learned nothing. The teacher, optimistically tell the student she can
always enroll for next school year.
It is
somehow disappointing on my part, if I were the teacher to have that statement
told by one of my students. I will ask myself how it happened. Is my strategy
not good enough to teach students of different race, culture, and ability?
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