TH: Disillusionment

It may seem a little bit suspicious that I picked the first two entries, but I swear I read the whole thing!

Anyway, now that that is out of the way, I picked the very first entry because the way the teacher closed the section really resonated with me, as the whole point of school. To build a more civil society. This teacher was not content just to let KC drift through class just because his goals did not mean that he wanted to go to college himself, and that this did not mean that he could not be a productive, civil, and successful member of the country. However the teacher’s willingness to help KC improve himself and challenge himself in school despite the fact that he did not “need” to and that other teachers felt that they did not either, this teacher performed a profound service to KC when others though he would not have been worth the effort, or not up the challenge.

The second entry I actually chose for a single phrase at the center of the passage, where one of the student’s asks when they need to learn these new word and that they think they will never need them or that they will not be relevant to them, with the teacher responding “Then we need to change that.” The confidence was very intriguing and encouraging. Though as the section continues her students become frustrated with the confusing nature of the tests they have to take. Honestly I was considerably surprised by the number of high stakes tests the teacher had described that their students had to take, from her account it seemed as if these types of tests were a regular fixture of the class and occurred every few short weeks.