Blog #4

Quotes from 3 & 4:
" I want to be a leader in creating a place where each of you becomes more keenly aware of the possibilities in yourself, the people around you, and the power of knowledge. I this place, I want us to find together a good way to live."
This quote is important to me, because I truely belive as teachers we need to show kids and strongly point out how great they really are, they are the worlds next generation and they are capable of so many things. Students also need to realize the power of knowledge by learning what the world would be like with out it! They need to find their strengths and others' strengths, everyone is good at something. The last sentence of this quote I also really like, because if teachers and students find a good way to live together at school, it will help students more to find a good way to live as part of a community outside of school as adults.

"We don't just keep them busy. We are giving them an opportunity"
I think this is a an awesome quote, because as teachers we need to remember we are not there to "keep kids busy" but we need to give them an opportunity to succeed and feel accomplished. Students need to excel in the classroom. Busy work is pointless, as teachers we need to make sure that what we have our students do needs to give them an opportunity to test their knowledge and make it grow!

The teacher states this quote after listing the class goals/rules/ideas "You'll see those things in me as your teacher. Ill expect to see them in you as individuals and in our class as a whole"
I really liked this statement by the teacher because it shows that she is going to abide by these so she expects her class to. It shows team work and that the teacher only expects out of her students what she expects out of herself. The teacher is straight forward with what she expects and I feel that is very important for students to know what exactly their teacher is looking for, this way they can do their best in the classroom. It shows the teacher is looking for a tight community calssroom from the last part "our class as a whole". It shows that she expects the whole class to work together to make the classroom work and a successful learning enviroment.