Part Deuce

So, Today was pretty interesting as I finally got to engage with the students some. I know that it is my mentor's teacher classroom, and that my main job is to learn right now, but I am just really ready to get into a classroom, take control of it, and teach the students what I think is important to teach them. Part of that has to do with already having been out into the real world, and knowing what life is really like and the other part is that I am just very over eager about certain things. So, yeah, I finally got to do something with the kids, and WOW! We had a great discussion about racism and prejudice, and the legal system. First, let me just say that I was very impressed with how eager most of the students were to express their opinions. Of course, there were a few kids who just lazed around, and weren't really interested in participating, but I guess you have those kids in every class. The main thing I learned though was how to defuse a pretty intense situation. One of the girls actually admitted to being raised by a racist father! I was pretty happy to have my mentor teacher with me on that one because I don't know what I would have done in that situation. I am definitely not ready for something like that. Beth was there to see it, and see kept saying to me how much she wanted to jump in on the activity. Yeah, I think my informal observation went well. Oh, and it did! Two pats on the back for me and finally being able to speak up!