Priya Clark: CI 3310

    While reading this article, I found myself getting frustrated. While the answer to this question seems obvious, it is not as simple as it seems. Of course, the main goal of public schools is to give knowledge to your students that will benefit them in their careers and in their lives, but it is much more complex than that. Teachers have to wear many hats for one job, and that is being a teacher, a caregiver, a social worker, and how the article puts it in this day and age, an epidemiologist. There are so many more things that we have to do for our students than just give them information to use in their lives, and as it seems from reading this article the support that we need is not given. So what do we do? Well in all honesty it is hard to see a clear path of how to provide everything that the child needs with a lack of support from agencies but here is what I do know, I know that when the student is in the classroom, as a teacher all I can do is make sure they are provid...

 My Introduction for CI 3310: Priya Clark About me:  I am a Texas State Junior and I currently sub at a Montessori school! I love to play the guitar and go hiking when I get a chance. If anyone has any suggestions about where to hike in this area please let me know! My favorite teacher tik-tok page is @learningwithheidi and this page is awesome because she shares so many ideas! My favorite tik-tok she made was with flashbot, it's a fun and creative way for children to learn phonemic awareness! Why teach?: Teaching is not something that I have always wanted to do. When I was younger I always wanted to be a singer or a dancer, but as I started getting older I realized how much of an impact teachers can make on their students' lives, kind of similar to being a performer who impacts their audience. My dad had a job where we had to move every 2 to 3 years, and while I didn't know it at the time it greatly impacted my learning experience. While my parents did everything in their ...