Poverty in America

Poverty is an issue for youth in America because parents are having trouble keeping their jobs.  This can be due to any number of reasons.  Illness is an issue because if you are living in poverty then you aren't getting enough nutrition that your body needs so their are many health concerns that arise from that.  It is hard to get a job when you do not have enough experience which I think is what many parents face.  Sometimes the parents can have a good job but that just isn't enough to support a family and to live in a house.  I think this issue is a hard one to address in the classroom.  A teacher doesn't want to call a student out or single a certain person out because they are in poverty but I think it is important to make it known to the students that this is an issue.  Not everyone is as fortunate as some other students might be and the students should know that. The students could help with being in cans of food for a food drive or taking food to a shelter and those things could be incorporated into a lesson and learning about poverty in the United States

Reflection #1

We have been discussing the historical events and eras that have shaped the course of education throughout history. Reflect on an event in your life that has shaped the course of your life with relation to education. It could be an event that affected your course as a student, your decision to enter the education field or your ideals as a future teacher. Include the event, at what age the event occurred and the manner in which it affected you.

Reading this post there was no question in my mind what my answer was.  The reason I am doing what I am doing today and going into teaching is because of my first grade teacher.  She was by far the best teacher ever and I remember everything she taught me.  We went to the same church and that is where I met her first so when I found out she was my teacher at school I was so excited!  I think the reason why she is my favorite and why I want to teach is because she was the person who taught me the very first things I ever learned.  I went to preschool and kindergarden and I know my parents taught me things, but she was the first "real" teacher I believed I am.  I don't remember things I learned in kindergarden but if you ask me about first grade and I can tell you how she taught me math.  I want to get to the kids at a young age and teach them their first things that will go with them hopefully always but mostly to the higher grades.  I still keep in touch with her and her three boys.  She is the one person I will always remember and I thank her every chance I get.