This was a welcome changeup from the hardship we learned about in other classes this week. This article was about a group of students practicing to being scientist and the techniques they used to understand scientific papers. A lot of the students found the material boring and hard to read until some of the students decided to start making the material into stories and interacting with the narrators that they had created. This allowed the teachers to see that their students learn differently then they had originally thought and allowed them to challenge them in different ways. I liked this article for a couple different reasons first off there was a student named Brandon which was nice but he also had a thought process similar to mines in that I tend to see the story from only my point of view rather than holistically as it should be shared. This leads to obvious gaps in some stories and led me to a little bit of self reflection, I know I love to tell stories and I often do turn the materials I am reading into a relatable story but often that story only makes senses to me. It is something that I will be mindful of working on through this process because I still would like to keep my storytelling going as a grow as a teacher but I need to find ways to engage everyone and take the spotlight off of myself. The teacher’s ability to adapt was also refreshing to read about because it was very uncommon growing up. They taught one specific way and that is the way we were doing it didn’t matter if it was beneficial for only a small majority of the class. Now a day teachers need to be more like coaches and ill tell you why. The best coaches at their respective sports are not the one with the best pre game plans; the best coaches are the ones with the best in game adjustments. All coaches game plan on “air” I call it meaning that they all game plan for a perfect scenario and that’s a lot of what we are earning right now as student teachers, but to be successful you have to be able to adapt on the fly and be able to change lanes at a drop of a hat without missing a beat. Adversity as an educator or a coach is inevitable, we wont be able to avoid it but we can train ourselves to adapt in a positive way, come up with a solution, and make a potentially negative situation a positive one. We have also been very lucky that our profs have been diverse and allow us to make mistakes and learn in different ways. there is not one set rule we need to follow and its a fluid situation where things will change based on the needs on the class and it has allowed us to be challenged without being to stressed out for some of us and I truly appreciate it Survive and Advance
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