Classroom Diversity

When it comes to diversity in the classroom, I feel that I have a very diverse group of students. Though most of my students are either of the Black or White races ( I only have one Hispanic student), socioeconomic status and achievement levels are sometimes vast in contrast. I also have students who face certain challenges that are quite different than what most of my other students face. Here are three of my students:



The student on the left is my Hispanic student. He is also considered an ESL student, even though his English is a good as anyone's I know. The student in the middle faces challenges that would be overwhelming to some adults. After attending school daily, she then goes home to a husband and baby daughter, all the while sustaining an A average. The student on the far right is is somewhat of an extrovert, and his intelligence, especially in literature, never ceases to amaze me.




The above student is highly motivated and somewhat of an introvert until it comes to speaking over the intercom, and then all timidness goes out the window. Maybe his patriotism overcomes his timidity, because he always volunteers to lead the pledge when the chance arises.

All in all, I think the diversity of my school is a wonderful thing. The students treat each other like one, big family, and this in turn makes the atmosphere quite pleasant and enjoyable for me.

Sorry about the delay. I'm back!!!

Hello everyone!

The last few weeks have been very eventful. My school only had two days of class during the first week of this month. Gustav can be thanked for that. More trying for me was the three day lack of electricity at my house. I was just beginning to crawl the walls right before the power was restored. Guess I'm too much of a city boy!

Teaching has been going quite well. My students, for the most part, are working really hard. Progress reports were prepared today, and will be sent out tomorrow. I have spent the last couple of days getting grades together for all of my students. I can't believe that we've made it 5 weeks already. At this rate the Christmas holidays will be upon us soon.

First Two Weeks

Finally, the long weekend came!! But I must say the first two weeks of teaching have been great. I really couldn't ask for a better group of students. And they are catching on to the material very quickly, which leads me to believe I must be doing something right.

Being the procrastinator that I am, I have waited until almost the last minute to get this blog started. But I do hope to keep everyone informed on a very regular basis regarding how everything in my teaching world is going.

Now back to my long weekend!!!!