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    Erin Van BuskirkMay 10, 2010 at 1:00 pm

    I agree with student teachers messing up what is going on in the classroom.

    I think that teachers should help them keep the way they do things in class. It is the teacher’s job to help them learn how to be in front of the class teaching students.

    Students are always complaining on how much they don’t learn when student teachers are running the class. They talk about how different it is to have more or less homework and different types of tests. Students don’t seem to like how much of a
    difference student teachers bring to the class.

    I think the teachers should just help out the student teachers more and have them keep the students on the same routine they had before.

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    Angela GonzalesMay 10, 2010 at 12:48 pm

    I agree with the position you’ve taken on student teachers. In my experience student teachers have only done me harm.
    In almost all cases with a student teacher I’ve gone from getting a high A to C. It’s honestly terrible. I don’t know where student teachers should get their experience, but it shouldn’t be in a class that has an Advanced Placement Exam that needs to be passed in order to get college credit.
    Almost all of my teachers didn’t even sit in the room when the student teachers would take over and it was honestly a joke. I went from understanding everything to understanding nothing. Someone who is learning should not be allowed to completely take over a classroom of students who are also learning.
    I believe student teachers should observe for a lot longer than they do and not take over a class until they are completely ready. It also should be the job of the teacher to tell them if they’re doing a bad job. It might hurt their feelings but it will help them in the long run. Student teachers have not helped me. They’ve only hurt me.

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    EvanApr 26, 2010 at 4:11 pm

    Where do you propose that student teachers get hands-on learning experience if it’s not in public schools? It’s no doubt that student teachers cannot provide the same resources that veteran teachers can, but student teaching is simply an inevitability.

    Also, it’s the job of the supervising teacher to make sure that students are never marginalized by student teachers. If you feel like your learning environment is being that seriously disrupted by a student teacher, you should let the supervising teacher know so that you can get the education you deserve.

    RB has not taken on many student teachers in recent history, so maybe that speaks to your argument–but if this is reflected in a belief that student teachers disenfranchise students unreasonably, it’s a myopic belief that does not put much faith in RBs touted faculty.

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