tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11455634.post7797829106069895589..comments2024-03-15T19:55:09.718-07:00Comments on Choosing Democracy: Michelle Rhee tells her taleDuane Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01437689584657643858noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11455634.post-49061608102263945042012-02-26T23:25:33.014-08:002012-02-26T23:25:33.014-08:00EDTE 117A Foundational Issues Blog Group 2 says......EDTE 117A Foundational Issues Blog Group 2 says... As future teachers we feel that we are being misrepresented by Michelle Rhee. As student teachers we are dedicated to helping students learn, but to deny that circumstances beyond the teachers control effect the students ability to learn is unrealistic. We need to be addressing the effects of poverty on schools and the effects that poverty has on a child's ability to learn. Also, it is very important for students to have good relationships with their teachers and feel a sense of community when they see friendly familiar faces in the hall. Keeping teachers in fear of losing their jobs and constant turn over at schools does not provide students with a community in which they can rely. It also does not allow a teacher to reach their full capabilities. In the end we feel that Michelle Rhee needs to spend more time in classrooms, experiencing schools firsthand, so that she can use her persuasive public speaking abilities to make a positive change for students and public schools.Blog Group 2 Foundational Issues Classnoreply@blogger.com