Reader Response 7

Hopkin's essay is about teaching. She talks about how she went to school and then became a member of the Teach for America Coporation (TFA). Hopkin's said she went through a program the summer before she started teaching her first grade class and unprepared she was. She said that her educational tool kit was not developed enough and did not know how to give her students an equal chance in the system. She creates an idea where a veteran teacher is paired with the first year teacher to help them get the feel of it. I believe this is an excellent idea for someone to be paired with an older teacher. This helps them get the hang of things while having someone there to help them that first year. I think that being an elementary school teacher would come a little easier than being in high school when it is your first year but then again, I do not know. I had first hand experience with a first year teacher. My junior year of high school and we had a brand new English teacher. She came from BG and as soon as everyone knew that I think she lost a little respect just because everyone thought they knew what she did every weekend. Anyway, I do not think she was completely prepared because the class did not turn out well. Many people were getting bad grades and it was because of the way she taught the class. I even talked to other teachers about her teaching methods and they thought they were odd and said well its her first year, she will learn. I guess with any job you will have that first year which is completely learning for the most part and it will be hard, not only on you but everyone else as well.