I Want Students

I belong to the classification of people known as students. I am a student and not only am I a student, but as well as a student athlete.
Back in first period I heard one of my teachers complaining about what she expects from her students. As I listened to the roles in which she expects students to serve, I then begin to want to be a teacher also with excellent students as she described. Why do I want students?
I would like to be right at all times and no one can tell me different because it is my classroom. Therefore I want students that will have to listen to my shabby, murky, what I called informative teaching skills and they cant tell me otherwise.
I want students who will be studious and on their best behavior when entering my class. I want students who comes to my class promptly, prepared with their materials and eager to learn.
I want students who has taken care of all their personal necessities in between their five minutes of distributing into their next class and not wait until they have made an entrance into mines to ask to leave out. If so the case may be serious, then students may walk out to handle their situation, but do be in recognition that there may be a written document waiting upon them when they arrive back.
I want students who do what I tell them to do, how I tell them to do it, when it was told to be done. This goes for following directions, when obeying rules, classroom procedures, and how work should be done in my class. There is no time for creativity so they should do it my way or no way at all, Students suggestions shouldn't matter. After all it is my class.
I want students who completes all my work no matter how much is given. Also they should understand that I love to grade papers so they must be willing to complete my work even if given on weekends. They should exclude all of their weekend activities they have had planned in order to get my assignments done.
I want students who keeps up with my pace level of teaching even if I am increasing the rigor of teaching.
I want students who do not bother to ask me questions if they do not know the answer. They should ask their neighbor because I am to worn out from teaching. If their neighbor doesn't know the answer, well that's to bad;They should know the answer anyways.
I want students to be quiet when I am talking. That includes sneezing, coughing and balling up paper.It's a matter of respect and they should respect my speaking by paying attention with no disturbances.
I want students who puts my class first and totally neglect all of their other seven classes.
I want students who may bring me gifts and sat apples on my desk to show their appreciation for my outstanding teaching skills.
And when the day must arrive to say our goodbyes at the end of the school year. I shall surprise my wonderful students by teaching them all over again next year.


When saying this, teachers make it hard for students now a days. I do understand that they are increasing the rigor so that we may have better scores in the ACT and SAT and pass many of the given tests, but somethings may be over the top. Teachers must understand that students do have lives out side of school therefore assigning unnecessary work on weekends is totally not cool. So ease up teachers.

Importance of Fine Arts in School

So I was talking to my friend, Angelica, who had just graduated from Whitehaven; She was informing me about how much she missed high school and all the fine arts that were offered to her. Me, not knowing about all the things they can be proposed concerning this, begin to ask her like what. She told me that she was on a dance team, learned how to tap dance and was in the gospel choir whom performed almost everywhere. Now looking back into Sheffield, I realized that these programs are not offered us. Anger and curiousity are now built up inside of me because we dont have fine arts programs like these. This is very important in every school because it helps students find their talent and hidden ability. Also it defines you and give you more oppotunities of things you can do. U.S. Secretary of Education, Richard W. Riley stated, "I believe arts education in music, theater, dance and the visual arts in one of the most creative ways we have to find the gold that is buried just beneath the surface. They (children) have an enthusiasm for life, a spark of creativity and vivid imaginations that need training. . . training that prepares them to become confident young men and women." I can totally agree with this considering that only extra curricular activities we have are things such as sports, no dance team, step team, tap dancing,theater arts class, art program or choir. Sheffield has nothing to offer to a gifted person in arts and no class to endure their gift so that they can defined themselves. I say all this to say, that this school fail to show the importance of fine art programs. As children, we should have these choices in school to be well rounded and familar with differens types of fine arts. Instead of having us in a mindset that school is all about book work when its more to it. It is education and the term education can be defined as the act or process of imparting or acquiring particular knowledge or skills, as for a profession. So if singing was to be a particular profession for a certain student they wouldnt even get this type of knowledge because some schools doesn't offer any fine arts. So we should speak up and demand fine arts in every school, for it is an important aspect in education.





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