Response to: "Is the Great American Teacher Dead?" by John J. Ivers

 Wednesday, April 28th, 2021 ~

From my veiw of teachers growing up, it seemed that they were doing pretty good. I had the occasional bad one, but for the most part I was blessed to have really great ones. I never really thaught about the growing need till I read this article. Looking back now on world history and the bits and peices I have caught hearing my mom talk to other eduacators, we are truly in need of a wide variety of good, dedicated teachers who truly want to help their students succeed. I need to prepare my mind all I can to be able to focus all my efforts on helping children succeed in a way that truly works best for them. One chalange I forsee is makeing sure that when it comes to learning, each student has their needs covered. While each student will come from a variety of backgrounds, home life, cultures, languages, and learning styles, just to name a few,  and I want to make sure that I can fully meet each childs needs to the best that I am able. Any suggestions for accomplishing this scenario would be immensly appreciated! :) I know that in the past when teachers have taken the time to truly help me learn at the level, and in the way that I best learn, it has made a world of a difference to how I approach certain topics I struggled with. It also helped me to, in some cases, come to love those topics more becaues they were able to teach it in a way that made coming to understand it fun and inviting. I hope to be able to replicate this with my own students, at both an indivudual and classroom basis.