Monday, December 10, 2007

Arts High School

FINALLY! Today I finally got to observe in Arts High School! It was an very interesting day. I was not sure what to expect when spending the day in a classroom with a teacher in Newark! I was definitely excited to go!

It all started about a month ago when i got signed a teacher to observe. I would email the teacher everyday asking when I can come in. I finally got so mad that today I just decide to show up and go with the teacher. The teacher was shocked to find out that I was there waiting for him. After talking to him for a little I realize he has not checked his email in a while. In his classroom where he teaches health he does not have a computer. He said if he had a computer he would of probably show my email and got back to me.

Arts High School in Newark is alot different and similar to my High School in many ways. It is the same because it is a place where you go to learn and decide what path in life to choice. I grew up in an Suburban area which is different than a inner city school. They way the children talk to each other and the way the act is not the same. They have a different liftstyles. but different doesnt make it wrong it is just different. Growing up you alway hear the Stereotypes of teaching in an inner city school. You really do not know anything until you visit a school in Newark. In Arts the students are there because they were picked. They have a goal in life to become something like everybody else.

The day i observed i got to watch two 10th grade health classes. This was great because my major is Physical Education and Health. A lot of times when observing i only get to see the gym but this time i got to see health. The students in both classes were different. The morning class was quite and calm. There was only 15 students in that class. The class was 80 mintues because of block Scheduling. The other class was loud and crazy. They were the dancers as the teacher put it. They come to health after being in their dance class which means they are all wild. I was good to see two different types of classes. You see how it can be when nobody wants to talk or how it is when they cant stop talking.

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