Teacher's Pet

Throughout the story, Ms. Hempel seemed to be very passionate about her job. She took the effort to think of ways to make her class more exciting and interesting. I'm not sure if I agree with all of her methods, but I like the effort that she puts into her job which makes her an effective teacher. I felt like her students really looked up to her and cooperated with her which showed that she earned her students' respect which is a difficult task to accomplish. It is important to know that throughout her life, the only person that really gave her some support was her father. I believe she doesn't want any of her students to go through life without anybodybody supporting them so she does the best that she can to support each of them. Not only does it show that she cares for her students, but it also shows that she is really thoughful and a strong person. When she let her students write their own annecotes, it showed that she had a lot of confidence in them and that her method would be successful.

Ms. Hempel had a strong relationship between her and her students. She would ask them for advice and she would listen to them with her full attention. I wouldn't ask the students for advice all the time because that is like someone else doing your work for you. It is important however to have an open mind and is open for discussion so you get to know the students better and keep them on good terms. This not only was good for the teacher, but also good for the students. This is because it helps students to interact with one another and increases their social skills and creativity like writing their own annecotes with are good teaching methods to have. In the end, I think Ms. Hempel was an effecticve teacher because she got her point across in her own way and it shows that every teacher has their own method of teaching that not one teacher is the same. (Mason Roessler Post 4)