Comments for J.Greer...just another sista trying to make it!! From Struggles 2 successes: Volume 1

Comment on 2nd Grade @ CLeveland Ave. Elementary….what an experience! (Journal V) by Sylvia

Sylvia — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 22:14:56 +0000

I’m SO glad you’re havig a good experience at Cleveland! I TOTALLY agree with you on the timing of this thematic unit. I was about to put a few more adjectives in front of that, but I guess it would be better for me to leave that alone! I feel like pulling my hair out EVERY day, but we’re 3 weeks away from certification (thank you, Jesus) so we just have to hang in there and eventually, this too shall pass. On a positive note, I’m learning how to keep my mouth shut in order to spare the feelings of those in charge!

Comment on 2nd Grade @ CLeveland Ave. Elementary….what an experience! (Journal V) by jgreer

jgreer — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 17:57:11 +0000

Yeah Anna K. Ms. Williams is great! She is my role model!! She knows so much stuff about Black History and any subject for that matter! & she knows a lot of good little ways to teach things to kids so that they’ll get it and remember it!…I was lucky to get her! & as you know Admin is the least of her worries!!lolol…When I hear her opinion on administration and how she reacts towards them I think about how I feel about this program and how I respond to some of our “professors”!!lol…Oh well, I’ve actually said too much already!!lol….Thanks for commenting dear, my blog page was feeling a little neglected!!lol See ya Monday!

Comment on 2nd Grade @ CLeveland Ave. Elementary….what an experience! (Journal V) by Anna Kelley

Anna Kelley — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 20:06:32 +0000

I so wish I had your teacher at Cleveland. She is wonderful. I wish that there were more teachers with 20 plus years of expierence willing to take on students teachers, because I feel like I would learn more in not letting the stress from admid get to me, and to focus on the students more. Plus, a new teacher can learn a lot of productive short cuts from a teacher that has been in the game that long, such as not getting lost in the details that other people WANT and seeing the full picture.

I Really, Really wish I had your teacher. While I was there, I learned so much from the short conversation that we had, such as how to grade a failing student, and which type of Indians lived in Georgia. I bet shes just filling your head with all the knowledge of how to make it as teacher for so long.

Comment on I almost 4got!! by Sylvia

Sylvia — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:46:17 +0000

That’s okay about the PSP, we have hunger now. I think it’ll probably be positive and beneficial to those who are most hungry.

Also, NO! We don’t have a real break, you must READ. Because a day without the UACM program is a day without . . . (Fill in the blank with your own ideas) =)

Comment on PanWHO? lol… by jgreer

jgreer — Wed, 28 May 2008 00:39:38 +0000

yeah I think I will frame the letter and keep it hung in my class because I know there will be some hard days and the letter was very uplifting!!

Comment on PanWHO? lol… by mtp85

mtp85 — Tue, 27 May 2008 15:16:32 +0000

The process was long and drawn out. I am glad it is over. I like the name.

Comment on PanWHO? lol… by Desiree Walls

Desiree Walls — Sun, 25 May 2008 22:19:27 +0000

Although I wasn’t as stuborn, I also wished our name would have become “Urbtopia.” But, we only had ten minutes to decide, so I just stopped voting and let the ones that were switching back and forth take over. I was behind each name at that point! Although it’s not the name I wanted, I apprecicte the conversations that went in to deciding it.

I also thought the letters and quotes Dr.s Williams gave us was heartwarming. I plan on keeping them forever…they will be laminated and hung in my classroom!!

Comment on PanWHO? lol… by Melissa Crews Freeman

Melissa Crews Freeman — Sun, 25 May 2008 16:21:01 +0000

Hi Jessica, oops… I wanted to let you know that I responded to your comment on my blog, under your comment. Please know that I did not mean to hurt your feelings and I was not meaning to speak for others at all. Please go and read my response.

Comment on PanWHO? lol… by jessied

jessied — Sun, 25 May 2008 05:24:49 +0000

Jessica,

I can definitely understand your frustration. It was a very difficult process. I think it was even more difficult because it is not a system we are used to. At one point I would have done anything to just vote and get it over with. I think the struggl that we had in class today will be representative of the struggle we may encounter in the classroom as we try to implement new things and “erridicat the status quo.” Not only did I learn a new way of doing things, but it was also a lesson in patience. I am still working on mastering the latter skill, but every lesson is beneficial in the process of change.

Comment on What Do Teachers Really Make? What does Poetry REALLY Do? by Pages tagged "poetry reading"

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