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My teaching philosophy is progressivism. Even though I do believe students should be taught traditional values and respect, they should also be able to pick what subject matter suits them best and what interests them. When kids are forced to learn specific subject matter that doesn't interest them for too long, they will begin to not care about school and not want to learn. Also, students who don't get to explore what they're interested in have problems later on in life figuring out what profession they would like to pursue. There should be an educational system that reflects traditional values of respect, hard work, and discipline and also focus on the student's interests rather than specific subject matter for every student.

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"Jessica does a great job working with the kiddos!"
-Mrs. Bege

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I learned that all kids have different ways and speeds of learning. It's important to know that the way someone teaches can affect kids learning, using only one type of teaching, between auditory visual and kinesthetic, can hinder a lot of students. Most people thinks it's the students fault when they are unable to learn something but I learned it mostly is the teacher's teaching style that is not working for the student.

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I plan on becoming a special education teacher in the future. This experience is helping me to be able to work with all different types of kids with different learning abilities.

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"It does not matter how slow you go as long as you do not stop." -Confucius

"Give a man a fish, and you feed him for the day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime." -Maimonides

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- One of my most fond memories of working with the kids was getting bombarded with hugs before leaving for the day. They really enjoyed our presence at their school.
-Another funny memory was when I was reading a Christmas book with the kids and one began stating that he didn't believe in Santa Claus. All the other kids started freaking out about all the letters they wrote him this year. It was very sad but also pretty funny because I had no idea what to do to calm the kids down. It was a new experience to say the least.