Why Teach?

       Teaching about controversial topics has been a long debate about how, when, or if they should even be discussed in the classroom. The answer to that is yes, we have come so far in our history and educating students on how we evolved with social movements and hardships allow them to form their own opinions and how to fight for things they believe in. In the module video about the teaching using the barometer method, the teacher began his class with an icebreaker to allow students to learn that their opinion is valued no matter what opinion they have. I think this would be useful in all classrooms to break the barrier between students. It also taught them how to express their different opinions by saying “I see why they said that but…”, this also showed good and positive argumentation skills.        Another factor of talking about issues that matter is for educators to be aware of any biases they have. The letter by Dylan Wray where he apologizes to his past students for having un

  In movies, teachers can be portrayed in many ways. There can be a bad teacher, good teacher, over the top teacher, and many more. The movie Freedom Writers incorporated the personal life of Ms. Gruwell as well as her educational life. I believe the movie showed a lot of behind the scenes of the actions of teachers and students. The movie showed how Ms. Gruwell went out of her way to fund her own lessons, take her students to a weekend field trip, and drive her students’ home after school. Some aspects of the movie are some things a teacher might do in real life such as providing students with the resources they need. However the film made it seem like the tasks they went through happened in the easiest possible way when in fact, getting a field trip approved is a really difficult task even when it is a weekend trip instead of a single day. The actions of Ms. G fighting for her position and planning lessons happened at the drop of a dime. This is negatively portrayed because new educa