Ruby Thompson – Teach-In Reflection 4.30.10

Something that went well during my presentation was the group participation aspect. Everyone in my group (Violet, Cheyenne, Parker, and I) participated an equal amount. Also, something else that went well was the 5th-7th graders participation. Some of them got distracted at some points but I really think that we did a good job keeping them on task and stopping them from getting distracted. We kept control over everyone just like a regular/professional teacher would do.

I liked being a teacher for two hours. However, the kids in my group didn’t exactly teach us like REAL teachers. We aren’t real teachers but the 5th-7th graders didn’t exactly respect us like adults which was disappointing but surprisingly expected. Everything went decently okay overall, I mean, I wasn’t expecting them to treat us like teachers because we aren’t.

I would have made extra sure that we filled the time efficiently because we kind of had to “improv” at the end of the presentation. Also, we practiced the presentation many times but not all together. We practiced little bits at a time so that kind of screwed up the whole “time” issue.

Something that stuck with me and will probably always stick with me is how many people in the world are unhealthy and they don’t do anything about it. This really struck me because it’s just sad, really, really, sad. I want to do something about it but I really can’t. It’s not like I can just go up to someone and change their diet, because it’s none of my business. I guess I could probably educate people by flyers or something.

Something that went well with my set-up group was that we finished our task before it was due. So, we never ran out of time which was good. Something that I could change about my set-up group was the division of work. I admit that Nora and I didn’t do as much work as Ivo but that is because he wanted to do more work and he didn’t really tell us what to do. We are all at fault but next time… I will make sure that doesn’t happen.

I enjoyed the process leading up to the Teach-In. I enjoyed the amount of time we had. I think we had a sufficient amount of time for everyone to finish their visits. Also, I liked how we took things slow and didn’t have to rush at the end. I wouldn’t change anything for next year.

Overall, I really enjoyed the Teach-In and the whole social justice project in general. THANK YOU TEACHERS!