Jennifer Lung

October 9, 2007
8am to 12:30pm

I was once again in the first grade classroom. This time I was assigned to help in the reading center. It was amazing how different all the students were. One girl knew almost every word in the books while the others hardly knew any words. The teacher later told me the girl who was in my reading group was the most advanced in the class. As a whole, the students were unusually well behaved, and I was appreciative. The mother of one of the students who was having trouble in school came in to observe him and the teacher. Her presence also helped the students to be on their best behavior. I am curious if something happened between the students and the teacher before I entered the room because of the way the room felt throughout the morning. Nonetheless, I am almost always impressed by how intelligent the students are. Their ability to learn and explore new information is huge. When I was in elementary school, I do not remember being so far along. I find it curious how people always say that students are getting worse and worse yet I can only see them as the same but more bright. Each child truly is special and I believe every child can learn when given the proper circumstances. I am interested in continuing my hours to learn more about not only these children, but different children.