First Day of School from a Hispanic Student’S Perspective
- Submitted by: catlawson
- Views: 612
- Category: Other
- Date Submitted: 06/23/2012 07:03 AM
- Pages: 3
- Report this Essay
First Day of School From A Hispanic Student’s Perspective
Yuridia, Yuri as I would later learn to call her, was very quiet her first day of school. She is Hispanic and very withdrawn. She is the oldest child, with two younger siblings, one of which had Tay Sachs. According to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Strokes, Tay-Sachs disease is a fatal genetic lipid storage disorder in which harmful quantities of a fatty substance called ganglioside GM2 build up in tissues and nerve cells in the brain. Even though her younger sister had the disease, Yuri’s parents refused to have her tested. Yuri still has a chance of developing the illness. Even with the death of her little sister, Yuri preserved. I enjoyed watching her go from a shy young girl, who spoke no English to demanding that her parents speak to her in English only.
On the first day of school, Yuri as well as her classmates perceived me to be a mean teacher. I must admit this is the perception that I wanted to display. I learned from my grandmother and father, who were both educators, that it is best to start off a new year being hard and easing up later once the students understands your expectations for them.
So on the first day of school Yuri cried when her father left her. She made little effort to communicate for the simple fact, that she was scared and in an unfamiliar setting. “Many young learners of English experience a silent period. This is normal. After a few weeks or months, the children will show of evidence of a large vocabulary and a simple grammar. To help the students feel comfortable the teacher can ask the students to help in class, according to Marie Trayer (2002).” She stood by the door most of the day waiting for her father to return and pick her up. This in fact was Yuri’s first time being separated from her family for more than two hours.
When Yuri entered class she was very tensed at first. Then she realized that a majority of the students...
Yuridia, Yuri as I would later learn to call her, was very quiet her first day of school. She is Hispanic and very withdrawn. She is the oldest child, with two younger siblings, one of which had Tay Sachs. According to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Strokes, Tay-Sachs disease is a fatal genetic lipid storage disorder in which harmful quantities of a fatty substance called ganglioside GM2 build up in tissues and nerve cells in the brain. Even though her younger sister had the disease, Yuri’s parents refused to have her tested. Yuri still has a chance of developing the illness. Even with the death of her little sister, Yuri preserved. I enjoyed watching her go from a shy young girl, who spoke no English to demanding that her parents speak to her in English only.
On the first day of school, Yuri as well as her classmates perceived me to be a mean teacher. I must admit this is the perception that I wanted to display. I learned from my grandmother and father, who were both educators, that it is best to start off a new year being hard and easing up later once the students understands your expectations for them.
So on the first day of school Yuri cried when her father left her. She made little effort to communicate for the simple fact, that she was scared and in an unfamiliar setting. “Many young learners of English experience a silent period. This is normal. After a few weeks or months, the children will show of evidence of a large vocabulary and a simple grammar. To help the students feel comfortable the teacher can ask the students to help in class, according to Marie Trayer (2002).” She stood by the door most of the day waiting for her father to return and pick her up. This in fact was Yuri’s first time being separated from her family for more than two hours.
When Yuri entered class she was very tensed at first. Then she realized that a majority of the students...