THe Constructions of Adalesence!!!

Chapter one was very interesting.  I actually liked reading it.  One point that stood out to me was the part when Ms. Peterson stated that she does not like confrontation in her classroom and that she is afraid of urban culture African Americans like Antwon.  This should not happen if you decide to be a teacher.  You should not fear your students.  They all have a reason for the way they act deep down inside.  You just have to try and find that reason and work with them to act better. There is no reason that you should have fear when you are the one that holds the power n the room.  These kids are just as afraid of you as you are to them.  There also like dogs if they smell fear they will use it against you.  We as teacher have to teach students the right ways to act and handle there issues as well as teach them.  There are a thousand students out there like Antwon and if we let them get to us as educators then the students would be running the schools and classrooms not us.