Reflect on the following 3 questions. by AMBER BARBEE

2025-03-05 23:46:26 UTC

Yes, I believe this poem was a great intro to chapter 15 because the main point I got from this chapter was that adults affect the progress of children by how they talk and interact with them. This poem encourages anyone to be cautious of how they of treat a child through words and inspiration.

2025-03-05 23:48:42 UTC

Yes, "if children live with friendliness they learn that the world is a nice place in which to live". We are called to have friendships and to gain fellowship in that as believers, so reflecting that is a great impact to children. In my future practice I can recognize that the way I go about life will impact how others will want to also.

2025-03-05 23:51:05 UTC

Just some that talk about how children can experience hostility and condemnation. How those are negative but they can have a positive outcome IF they are applied correctly if that makes sense. In any bad situation there can be a light at the end of the tunnel. That's what I have come to understand through this poem. I can ensure that any child I come to contact with I lift up because hostility and condemnation is so sad and discouraging.

aunatayloe — 2025-03-05 23:53:57 UTC

Yes, I did enjoy this intro as it showed both the positive and negative sides to stress the importance of having a healthy classroom environment in your room. You cannot control where a child goes home, but you can control what they are learning and accepting while they are with you.

2025-03-05 23:57:19 UTC

I think it was a great opener for the chapter because it shows how a child's background and environment they grow up in is influenced by their behaviors and trajectories of what they believe and how that might reflect in their life beyond the classroom.

aunatayloe — 2025-03-05 23:57:49 UTC

My favorite line was "If children live with honesty and fairness, they learn what truth and justice are." Children do not always like things to be truthfully fair. They claim they do, but in reality, they want what they want, and they want it now. True fairness will teach them justice for all which does not mean everyone gets the same thing, but rather they get exactly what they need.

2025-03-05 23:59:19 UTC

I thought so. When caring for the whole child, we cannot expect them to understand everything. They have to be taught and have things broken down. It is like the lettuce. We cannot expect for a child to reach their full potential unless they are tended to in each and every way that we are meant to serve them.

2025-03-05 23:59:37 UTC

I think it was a great opener for the chapter because it goes with students learning from what they are provided with. Children and students will learn from those around them and just like what the poem says, if they are nurtured with good, the result will be good. If they are shown wrong, the children will learn wrong.

2025-03-05 23:59:59 UTC

"if children live with acceptance, they learn to find love in the world". I think that is a really optimistic way to hold and to influence students to look at people for who they are and to dig deeper and the importance to love one another and share and pass that around.

aunatayloe — 2025-03-06 00:01:00 UTC

The one that challenged me the most was "If children live with hostility, they learn to fight." As I plan on working in the urban environment, I have seen it so common that parents bicker and fight (in different intensities of the words) all the time and then seem shocked when their child hits a kid at school. Just like with the lettuce, you can aim to correct that behavior and help them better find ways to respond, but you can't blame the kid for being a terrible kid. You have to see what they are learning from the surrounding circumstances.

2025-03-06 00:01:05 UTC

Yes, because it truly shows how moldable and impressionable a child is. Whatever is happening around them, they will absorb it- good or bad. It is important for us to surround them with love, care, and safety, especially in early childhood.

2025-03-06 00:02:02 UTC

"They learn what truth and justice are

If children live with security

They learn to have faith in themselves and in those around them" being a child studies major and understanding the effects that even the smallest actions have and what we perceive as small are actually big milestones for young children.

2025-03-06 00:02:56 UTC

I think it was good to start with. I think that it really set the tone for the rest of the chapter. It also really makes you stop and think about what you say to a child because they absorb everything.

2025-03-06 00:03:08 UTC

I think when it was talking about "if children live in shame they learn to feel guilty", this was really a eye opener in the fact that words can be helpers or hurters. We have to give kids the support they need and encourage them that mistakes happen and when they do we have to persevere and to not let that define us for our future.

2025-03-06 00:03:14 UTC

My favorite line was "if children live with shame, they learn to feel guilty". I liked this line because people tend to focus on all the good there is in the world and they often neglect to talk about the evil out there. Some of the kids we come in contact with will only have access to the evil in the world, so it is our job to give them all the good we can and hope some of it will instill in those children.

2025-03-06 00:04:33 UTC

Yes, "If children live with approval

They learn to like themselves

If children live with criticism

They learn to condemn." This is eye-opening because it is often the people we love most that we find the most critical. Sometimes, when a teacher or parent wants the best for their child, it can come off through criticism. But, it is important to realize that we are children's biggest encouragers and supporters and they will learn to view the world by the way we view and interact with them.

2025-03-06 00:04:44 UTC

"If children live with friendliness

They learn that the world is a nice place in which to live" although we want children to be happy, we do not want to give a false sense of reality. I think it is important we teach safety, and that the world does have its difficulties, but how to deal with adversities when they come our way.

2025-03-06 00:04:54 UTC

This is a great opener, as it emphasizes the importance of leading the classroom with love, intentionality, and compassion. One part of a teacher's job is to teach them academically-- the other parts are to teach them how to act. Like the name of the poem describes, teachers teach students how to live. We should be mindful of what we are teaching/modeling for them.

2025-03-06 00:06:17 UTC

Yes, I think this was a good opener because children learn and pick up so much information, whether it be good or bad. That's why it is so important to give children good, enriching, positive, and caring environments and pay attention to how we interact with them.

2025-03-06 00:06:54 UTC

A line that challenged me was "If children live with recognition they learn to have a goal". It challenged me because not all recognition is good. Some of it will be twisted into something wrong or malicious. Not all recognition is good recognition. Sometimes parents use it to show the child's flaws or mistakes, so yes the child will have a goal, but shouldn't the goal be a positive one instead of a vengeful one?

2025-03-06 00:07:54 UTC

I think my favorite line is "If children live with security They learn to have Faith in themselves and others." I will utilize this because it is, so important that students feel that my classroom is a secure environment not only so they can learn, but also to grow in the social-emotional aspect as well.

2025-03-06 00:08:49 UTC

Yes, "If children live with friendliness

They learn that the world is a nice place in which to live." It is important to teach a child about kindness, but that does not mean the world is a kind place. Because of our sin nature, the world is often cruel. Instead, we must teach children to be kind even in the face of adversity and hatred.

2025-03-06 00:10:44 UTC

Yes, I think it gives a great image on how children’s experiences shape them in their future development. It really shows how much their lives impacted either in a positive or negative way.

2025-03-06 00:10:54 UTC

"If children live with shame / They learn to feel guilty". A child should never have to feel like they are shameful because they are around or are a child. I struggle personally with shame and guilt, so for my future students, I want them to have times where they can express themselves uncensored, be it in drawings and/or writings. I think I want to try to have a journal time that they keep in their desks that neither I nor anyone else can look into without permission. I still need to think in depth how I would manage it/if I need to modify it, though. Regardless of what I do, I don't want my students to feel guilty about being themselves in my classroom.

2025-03-06 00:12:10 UTC

I really enjoyed this opener. I thought it was a unique way to start the chapter and get us thinking more critically about how to care for children and the benefits and disadvantages to raising them in certain situations.

2025-03-06 00:12:58 UTC

A line that challenged me is "If children live with friendliness, they learn that the world is a nice place in which to live." It is important to teach children to be friendly, but it is also important to teach them when to stand up for themselves and to be aware of their surroundings. It is important to teach those things along with being friendly because the World is not always a nice place.

2025-03-06 00:16:43 UTC

I really liked the line, "If children live with criticism, they learn to condemn". I lived with a lot of criticism growing up, so this line really spoke to me. That constant criticism is what led me to pursue a possible career working with children in therapy. I could use this line, as well as the entire poem to teach kids that the constant criticism doesn't need to turn into them hating themselves or others.

2025-03-06 00:17:37 UTC

I thought it was a good intro because it stated the importance of being a good teacher. It noted not only how to be a good teacher but why one should be a good teacher.

2025-03-06 00:18:15 UTC

"If children live with friendliness / They will learn that the world is a nice place in which to live." This line here challenges me, as it's hard for me to believe in a world that has been cruel to me and others I'm close with. There's so much good in the world, I know it, but there's also so much bad. I don't want to put rose-tinted glasses on my students, but the E.C. classroom isn't the place to discuss that. I think to compromise with my feelings and the message of this line, I'd want to use activities including the real world to help students critically think about it. I can do this with activities about places in the community; maybe having students play charades with different community jobs.

2025-03-06 00:19:41 UTC

My favorite lines were, "If children live with encouragement They learn to be confident If children live with praise They learn to be appreciative." A lot of children grow up not confident in who they are and what they are capable of, and they are not appreciative of the skills they have. I think it is so important to recognize when a child needs encouragement and praise and to give that to them.

2025-03-06 00:20:01 UTC

“If children live with encouragement , They learn to be confident “ and “If children live with security, they learn to have faith in themselves and in those around them.” I plan to use encouragement and make children feel safe and secure when working with them so they develop self-worth and are able to live good lives.

2025-03-06 00:20:24 UTC

I think that this was a good way to open chapter 15. The world is not perfect and as teachers it is our job to educate these students regardless of the good or bad around us because it will follow the children as they grow. It is something that all kids will have to learn eventually, overall, it sets the tone for the remainder of the chapter as well.

2025-03-06 00:22:02 UTC

Yes, this was a good opener because it shows how students learn and the importance of rich positive environments for children.

2025-03-06 00:24:30 UTC

One line I thought was very impactful was "if children live with criticism, they learn to condemn." children need to build a self perception that they are good so they can be good to others. I want to teach my children and other's to be intentional with affirmations to aid this.

2025-03-06 00:25:07 UTC

One line that challenged me was, "If children live with hostility, they learn to fight". This line challenges me because I grew up around kids that were very violent and mean towards myself and people I was close to. As a kid myself, I never considered that their home life was likely very hostile. If I go along the therapy route, I'll try to get my clients to understand that the hostility towards them is likely not personal to them.

2025-03-06 00:25:25 UTC

A line that stood out to me was "If children live with security, they learn to have faith in themselves and others". This specific line reminds me of what we learned in linking families (Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs) and knowing that if students feel secure then they will be a little more accepting to learn. This goes along with food, shelter, comfort, and so much more. By seeking out resources I want to afford my future students security within my classroom.

karacopley1 — 2025-03-06 00:26:04 UTC

Yes, I think this was a good opener to start this chapter. It showed the cause and effect of the environment a child is in and how it may affect them. Not only did it show the positive though, it showed the negative. Having a positive mindset is necessary to succeed, but teachers and students must realize that there are negative things in the world as well!

2025-03-06 00:27:34 UTC

I hated to read that "if children live with hostility, they will learn to fight." I think this encapsulates a lot of aggression that has flooded our justice system. I want to teach my kids to be gentle so they can love others better and teach others to be gentle.

2025-03-06 00:27:46 UTC

“If the children live with criticism, they learn to condemn “ and “If children live with hostility, they learn learn to fight.” I would want to create an environment for the children so that they do not have to focus too much on their outside struggles. I will try to help them find productive ways to help them with their problems.

2025-03-06 00:29:34 UTC

"If children live with friendliness" This bothered me because of how our world currently is. Not everyone is nice, and while it is important to teach about respect and kindness, I believe that we also need to teach about safety and boundaries. Not everyone has the same morals and values as us, and children need to be self-aware of hats around them.

2025-03-06 00:30:34 UTC

My favorite line is, "If children live with recognition, they learn to have a goal." I think that I will use this in my classroom as a reminder to myself to remind my students that they are capable of doing hard things every day because then they will want to set hard goals and achieve them.

2025-03-06 00:33:19 UTC

I think a line that challenged me was, "If children live with hostility They learn to fight." In my future practice, I will be working with children who have experienced trauma, and most likely a lot of these children have grown up in a very hostile home. I want to be able to teach them that, although hostility and violence are something they have seen and possibly even participated in themselves, there are so many other ways to react and respond.

karacopley1 — 2025-03-06 00:35:29 UTC

A line that inspired me was, "If children live with friendliness, they learn that the world is a nice place in which to live." I will use this in my classroom always. Showing up in a positive mood and being friendly towards all students, no matter who they are. Everyone deserves kindness and friendliness. If things go downhill, find a spot to restart that kind of attitude and move on with a positive outlook.

karacopley1 — 2025-03-06 00:43:11 UTC

A line that challenged me was, " If children live with approval, they learn to like themselves." As this is the case with a lot of children, it is not always the case. Even with approval and affirmations coming from those surrounding a child, it does not mean that they will learn to like themselves. Along with all of the approval may be super high expectations, disapproval with any wrong move, and setting themselves to high standards to exceed approval but never thinking their worth is enough. Yes, approval is great, but it needs to be made sure it is used in a healthy way.

2025-03-06 00:49:29 UTC

I think that the one line in the poem that challenged me the most was, "If children live with hostility, they learn to fight". I think that this is challenging because no matter how much the positives things are taught in the classroom if a child lives with hostility, they are going to be more prone to fight versus create peace. I think one way to ensure fighting is avoided is to tell the students that there will be differences and that it's ok to have them but fighting (both verbal and physical) is not an option. Also discussing ways to solve conflict is another way to help avoid fighting. Also, I think that when children start arguing with me it's my first instinct to start arguing back but to remember to talk things through rather than bicker and fight.

2025-03-06 01:15:27 UTC

Yes, it showed the importance of a rich environment and value of positivity to help the child grow and learn.

2025-03-06 01:19:56 UTC

A line that I really liked was "If children live with friendliness, they learn that the world is a nice place in which to live." This really emphasis the fact that children are constantly looking up to adults and older people, learning not only academically, but also emotionally.

2025-03-06 01:22:11 UTC

The line that most challenged me was the line where it talked about children living in hostility and how they respond by learning to fight. This made my heart sad, because so many children grow up like this and are learning to fight with their hands instead of handle hard things with their words. I will hopefully in my profession be able to teach these children that they can choose to handle this differently.