SHADOWiNG AT NEWARK

Well, I finally just went to the school since our teachers never got back to us. I really had a great time while I was there. I got to shadow a physical education/health teacher, which is good because that is my major. The teachers name was Michael Earl, and he graduated from Montclair in 2007. The day that I went all of the classes where watching a speaker that came from Planned Parenthood who talked to them about sexually trasmitted infections. Mr. Earl went over how he ran his class and what he did with them with me. We watched the presentation, but I was watching the kids as well. I noticed that most of them seemed interested in the presentation, but some of them were joking around with each other. Next, Mr. Earl had a break so he showed me how the whole school uses the same grading program and how it works. He also showed me one of their finals that he has to give to his freshman students. One thing that I noticed was that alot of the phys ed. teachers had a good relationship with the students. They seemed to be very laid back and joked around alot. I think it is always good that the students feel comfortable around you, but still respect and listen to you. Overall, I really thought it was a good experience and enjoyed the time i spent there.