After watching the two movies in class I began thinking even more about teaching in inner city schools, and the difficulties that these teachers go through. Not only do they have to teach citizens that have learning and education last on their mind, but they have to do it with little to no funding from the school. The teacher is responsible for very thing to go into their classrooms and be responsible to buy it themselves. Then after that have spent all their time and money on making an inviting classroom they have students that don't even want to be there. Along with this the teachers need to be able to understand what their students are going through and their heritages so that when problems arise the teachers are better able to come up with a solution.
http://work.chron.com/issues-around-becoming-inner-city-teacher-12763.html
This website explains and talks about the difficulties and issues that teachers have with becoming
an inner city teacher. After reading this article I realize that there are many things that we don't even think
about that these teachers have to be prepared for. For most people I feel like this would be a deterence for
many people, including myself, but this also may intrigue others. To me it takes a special kind of person to be
able to teach in this environment and for those people, I applaud them.
Most of all the schools I went to were inner city. When my family moved to Columbus, it wasn't until I attended a better school outside of Columbus Public Schools that I noticed the disadvantage I was in. Everything about the school was better. The building was newer, all equipment and textbooks were available, the teachers were motivated to teach, etc. I think this article hit a lot of good points. A teacher can do a lot for a student but what a students faces once they go back home can outweigh all of that. The majority of the students in my high school lived in bad neighborhoods, some didn't have supportive parents, and they were involved in gangs. There's a whole lot that an inner city teacher have to deal with that other teachers may not. I agree with you and applaud them, especially the one's that do not give up and still work to be a great teacher under these circumstances.
ReplyDeleteI did an observation in Columbus City Schools last year. Honestly, I felt that many of the teachers didn't want to be there. This attitude from the teachers was apparent to the children and it made the children having an attitude about going to school. The teacher I shadowed didn't like her job and she made it apparent by being on the phone the whole class, and by snapping at the children. I understand there must be a lot of stress on the teachers, but I think it is unfair to say that none of the children want to go to school. The kids I worked with responded well when I showed an interest in them, and it made them want to work harder. I think the inner city teachers need to show more excitement about being in school and the children will respond to the encouragement. The teachers I worked with were not enthused and didn't hide their disdain in front of the students.
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