Prompt 5- Allan Johnson: Bedtime Story

If I were the teacher of my classroom, I would make sure I accommodate every ones background into my teaching; making sure no one is excluded. I would also have my parents involved with my classroom, maybe sending out monthly newsletters informing them on what has been going on, and what will be happening in the class for the next month. I would even invite parents to join our class on some days, if they were concerned or just interested. If any challenges became apparent between a parent and I, I would make sure to meet with this parent so that everything was fixed. I would never let this blow by because this could cause later issues. Said issues might be that to them their child might not be excelling far enough to them, or they could be acting out in class, or is becoming behind on class work. These meetings could explain anything that could be happening at home, or anything that could be causing these problems at school.
This is very much like what the theorist Johnson had said. He talked about how you need to be part of the solution to help. And by not doing anything you are just playing the game. Teachers need to be part of that solution to help these students; that is why they become teachers, to help children, to teach them not only lessons in school, but lessons of life. Johnson also explains how mainly children of color have less privilege in this world. Every time I go into my classroom, I see how much these children do not have privilege. A little girl came in late to my classroom last week, and teacher asked why she came in late. She replied with something along these lines “My mommy worked until this morning, and she slept through her alarm clock, and forgot to come wake me up to come to school. I'm sorry I was late, and I'm sad because I missed our May breakfast.” Her mom worked third shift, and was so exhausted that she slept through her alarm. I was then talking to her later, and she told me how she loves when people read her books because her mom isn't able to before she goes to bed because she is always at work. This almost put me into tears. Sarah just wanted her mom to read her a bedtime story, and her mom can't because she works third shift. I just wished I could have gone and read her a bedtime story. ):