Interview of My Mentor, Mrs. Reeves
1. How much of a difference do you see in the students themselves that actually care about school and their work versus those who do not care?
-Answer: "I see a difference in their grades, parental input, the student's confidence in first grade, as well as the competition level they have."
2. Is there a behavior difference in those students?
-Answer: "There is definitely a behavior difference. The students who try, care about their grades, and want to do well give me no trouble at all."
3. On average, how is the class divided between those who care verses those who do not?
-Answer: "I would say my class is divided percent wise 60-40."
4. Why do you think certain students care and certain ones don't?
-Answer: "I believe that it is mostly due to parental input and then there are a few that are just eager to please."
5. Do you believe there is a way to motivate all students to care?
-Answer: "I believe that you have to teach them to love to learn. This is especially important that you catch them in those primary years of kindergarten, first, and second grade. You've got to get your students to love to learn, but this is also going to require some support at home."
6. Do you think some students are apathetic or truly struggle and don't progress much due to that?
-Answer: "Yes, some are just apathetic, but there are some that don't do well because it is difficult for them."
7. What are techniques you use to get your kids interested in their work?
-Answer: "I try to show my enthusiasm for learning and try to make it hands-on as well."
8. Has there been a time when you were able to get all of your students to want to learn at least for one activity?
-Answer: "Yes, definitely. Mostly with hands-on activities."
9. Do different strategies work for some kids but not for others?
-Answer: "Of course. It depends on the specific child, their age, their attention span, the time of the year they were born, and if it's a boy or a girl."
10. How do you create a desire in students to progress intellectually?
-"By exampling and modeling. If I show them that I want them to learn, and also expect them to learn, then they are more likely to do so. Sometimes you have to be strict about this and sometimes you can have fun, but the bottom line is that you have to show them that they have to learn."
-Answer: "I see a difference in their grades, parental input, the student's confidence in first grade, as well as the competition level they have."
2. Is there a behavior difference in those students?
-Answer: "There is definitely a behavior difference. The students who try, care about their grades, and want to do well give me no trouble at all."
3. On average, how is the class divided between those who care verses those who do not?
-Answer: "I would say my class is divided percent wise 60-40."
4. Why do you think certain students care and certain ones don't?
-Answer: "I believe that it is mostly due to parental input and then there are a few that are just eager to please."
5. Do you believe there is a way to motivate all students to care?
-Answer: "I believe that you have to teach them to love to learn. This is especially important that you catch them in those primary years of kindergarten, first, and second grade. You've got to get your students to love to learn, but this is also going to require some support at home."
6. Do you think some students are apathetic or truly struggle and don't progress much due to that?
-Answer: "Yes, some are just apathetic, but there are some that don't do well because it is difficult for them."
7. What are techniques you use to get your kids interested in their work?
-Answer: "I try to show my enthusiasm for learning and try to make it hands-on as well."
8. Has there been a time when you were able to get all of your students to want to learn at least for one activity?
-Answer: "Yes, definitely. Mostly with hands-on activities."
9. Do different strategies work for some kids but not for others?
-Answer: "Of course. It depends on the specific child, their age, their attention span, the time of the year they were born, and if it's a boy or a girl."
10. How do you create a desire in students to progress intellectually?
-"By exampling and modeling. If I show them that I want them to learn, and also expect them to learn, then they are more likely to do so. Sometimes you have to be strict about this and sometimes you can have fun, but the bottom line is that you have to show them that they have to learn."