Monday, October 8, 2012

Journal 6

I thought that Rafe Esquith is a great guy who really cares for his students, and that he deserves the teacher of the year award for all that he does. "By learning Shakespeare these children are learning enormous amounts of vocabulary enormous amounts of discipline, teamwork, and the respect for one another."  This quote shows that he really wants these kids to learn and get along with each other.  In fifth grade I had a teacher who had her own money system but she gave up on it halfway through the year, so it is kind of cool to see how someone did it successfully.

I think that the money system that he put in place was a very effective because kids felt like they had a better spot when they were closer to him because it cost more, so it probably got them to pay attention more to keep get the money to keep those spots.  I also think that the punishment system is good because it really makes the kids be nicer to each other.  Like with their baseball games how they can only play if they aren't being mean to the other kids.

My goal for next year is to be taking more courses that are required for my major and to do well in them.

6 comments:

  1. I liked the currency system. It teaches kids economics and how to manage their money.

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  2. I also feel like the money system is the most effective because you really don't really know how expensive things are until you are paying for them from your own pocket.

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  3. I agree, i thought the money system showed the kids a lot of good skills in the class room and out of the class room.

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  4. Learning shakespear is not easy at all and i had troubles with it in high school, but that was probably because the teacher made it boring. Having fun with a hard read like shakespear allows the children to become interested and wanting to keep reading.

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  5. All the fake money reward systems I remember in my school experience were not very effective. I was also happy to see a system that worked. I think it takes the kind of dedication Rafe shows to pull of a system like that effectively.

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  6. I agree that the money system is really great because it teaches you great skill that you will need to now when you get older.

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