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Published on Aug 20, 2016
Instead of sending out the boring, old, "Welcome Back" newsletter, Mr. Reed, a first year teacher from Chicago, wrote a rap song for his 4th grade students, and recorded a music video to go along with it! The song and video emphasize the reality that hard work is a must, but that school and learning can certainly be fun!
liberalmuse
(18,672 posts)I'll bet his kids are excited. I would be if I had a creative, fun teacher like this!
malaise
(268,930 posts)'...we're gonna do science...'
Auggie
(31,163 posts)malaise
(268,930 posts)Welcome to the 4th grade for an hour
spanone
(135,823 posts)K&R..
malaise
(268,930 posts)Jeffersons Ghost
(15,235 posts)Beartracks
(12,809 posts)Good job, very cool!
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He is off to a great start.
Augiedog
(2,545 posts)malaise
(268,930 posts)Kids may want to learn around him
progressoid
(49,978 posts)malaise
(268,930 posts)Heheheheheh
alfredo
(60,071 posts)malaise
(268,930 posts)by then
alfredo
(60,071 posts)AwakeAtLast
(14,124 posts)alfredo
(60,071 posts)hunter
(38,310 posts)When my wife was accepted to graduate school in another state I was ready to follow her. I haven't taught since.
Besides the lack of resources and losing sleep worrying about students you know are living in horrible situations and even homeless, I was afraid of becoming one of the shell-shocked leave-me-alone-and-I'll-leave-you-alone sorts of teachers. Our school had fantastic teachers, struggling teachers, and a few cynical burn-outs who had lost any idealism they'd had when they decided to teach.
I wasn't good at "reading" my classes and heading off trouble before it started so I had to be the authoritarian sort of teacher and I hated that, it's not my nature at all.
I love this guy and I sincerely hope he's the sort who can keep up that energy until he's an expert teacher in that magical way of the best teachers I had in school and some of the teachers I taught with.
alfredo
(60,071 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)I love his enthusiasm and creativity!
jmg257
(11,996 posts)Egnever
(21,506 posts)love it.