It's kind of amazing how much impact one's environment has on one's personality. There is one teacher I work with whose style I really admire, and her kids seem to respect her, too. But when it came to dealing with the testing situation, she was a total bitch. Most teachers don't seem to realize what an ordeal it is for the testing coordinator to deal with all the minute details that are necessary for these required tests, but this woman was completely ridiculous about it.
On the other side of the coin, I was sitting in with the ED kids (emotionally distoibed) while they tested with a couple of "regular" students. I have been with these kids before in their self-contained classroom, where there are a pain to deal with. But here, they were fantastic. Because of the difference of the teacher. The difference was amazing-- it was like they were different children.
Oh, teaching styles. How much you matter.
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