Naomi Jabouin Teach-In 4/28/10

Yesturday was the Teach-In. As most of you know,  my topic was Child Literacy. The workshop was a relief after it was over, but  I had a lot of fun.  To me, our workshop was so successful because we all knew what we were doing. We were just really shocked that the kids used our tips while reading to the kids. They interacted and were part of the discussions when we asked. Majority of them seemed interested and enjoyed reading to either the 1st grade of kindergarteners. One of them even asked how they could get in contact with the organization and to me they seemed very serious about calling them up to volunteer. I still would’nt have done much differently. I believe we balanced out fun and education very well. The only thing I regret is giving them cookies. It seems as if that will be all they remember from our workshop, since 90% asked for more and gave that as a suggestion on their reflection sheet. I now understand why the teacher said not to use candy. But I believe they desserved it though. It was enjoyable to be a teacher for one day. I now know I dont want to be a teacher: kids(we) are annoying and I can see why adults don’t understand us.

Everything we did relating to Social Justice was different from most projects I have done. It was fun at sometimes and annoying at other times. I don’t have any suggestions to change for next year, I just hope that the 7th graders remember how they felt during our Teach-In and improve what they didnt like and add in what they did.