C4T #1 Post #1&2

Post #1: In my first comment for teacher I was assigned David Wees and was titled "Could you build a nuclear power plant given the right reward?" . The post that I read was not a post written by him however, it was a post that a mother (Adriene Kimiko Pauley) of one of the students that attended his school had posted. In this post Adriene tells about how her and her daughter had to talk to the schools administrators about her daughter learning disabilities. Adriene then ask the administrators if they could build a nuclear power plant if they knowing that there would consequences if they couldn't or a reward of they could. They all replied no. She then goes and says in order for her daughter, and others, to succeed then they need to be surrounded by people with the skills to help her.

My Comment: I agree with analogy that Adriene is using. Not all students can complete and fully understand their work with their instructors either punishing for not finishing it, or trying to reward them so they can. Some students, and i speak from first hand experience, need their teachers to sit with them and help them understand the work. Not give them the work and let them work it out on their own.

Post #2: In this post on David Wees' "The Relfective Educator" he talks about that we as educators, and future educators, need to "Study our teaching". He feels we can't just teach a class the same way we do every single day and every single year. He feels that we need to develop new methods in order for us to get the full potential out of our students.


My Comment:

Hi David,

As someone who is trying to become a future educator I find this to be extremely helpful advice for the future. Teachers need to study and discover new ways to teach so they can try and get the best out of all of their students.