The Water is Wide Reflection

Wide Reflection

1. In what ways has education changed since the 1960s?                                     Education has changed in different ways.Teachers no longer hit the children with a paddle. And the teachers now have alot of more rules.          
2. In what ways has it stayed the same since the 1960s?                                 There are still rules the teachers and students have to follow.
3. Describe a teacher you know or knew who is or was very conventional and is or was tied to doing things the way they have or always had been done. (Do not use real names.) I had an english teacher for two years in a row and she would always tell us how she gave out vocab tests the same way for years. Both years it wasnt a good system because the tests were hard but she kept going with it. 
4. Describe three ways that Mr. Conroy inspired his children to learn that were unconventional. He let them sing and run around and he taught class while they were in a tree.
5. How did he get the community to support the school? He showed them how well they learned with his teaching system and encouraged them to keep teaching the way that he taught.
6. What roadblocks did he encounter with
   1. the children? The children didnt know how to write and they didnt learn much with the other teacher before Mr. Conroy.
   2. his coworker? The coworker wanted Mr. Conroy to follow the rules and do everything by the book.
   3. the community? The parents and community were not involved with the students education. 
7. What attributes did Mr. Conroy have that were characteristics found in most effective teachers? (List at least 5 and explain with example from the movie.) Mr. Conroy was very outgoing, he wasn't afraid to allow the children to get to know him. He was very observant he noticed one child was partially deaf by paying attention to the way he watched him watch him talk. He was very loving of his students he even invited them to his wedding. Mr.Conroy was respectful of the rules. He tried to push them a little bit but not so much in a way to get in alot of trouble. Mr. Conroy was also caring about the children's education so much that he even took them on a field trip to show them someone went to the moon.
8. What idea/thought do you carry away from this movie that you will apply to your future career? I will carry away that i will need to interact with the students parents and see which ways the kids learn best and pay attention to each child individually when necessary. 

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