User talk:Jwhit144

Hi my name is Tyler. I stumbled across your page and saw that you also love to be outside during the warmer seasons. I also can not agree more with you and your teaching philosophy on how teachers should be more involved in their students after school activities. I believe that if a teacher knows what their students extracurricular activities consist of then the teacher can better assess that child's needs and wants. While I was attending high school I was not always with the right crowd, one of my closes teachers monitored my after school activities and what I did and one afternoon she stopped me from going somewhere that could have potentially been a disaster. So I do believe heavily in teachers being involved in knowing their students after school activities not only for academic purposes but for their good doing in general. Tjohn100 (talk) 20:39, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

Hello, Your teaching philosphy has a great point, teacher's need to be aware of their students' extracirricular activities, especially at the middle/high school levels. I remember having teachers load me with homework and projects that were due the following day (with out giving notice) and having to run off after school for band competitions, or track meets. Granted the student needs to learn to juggle activities but I do not believe as teachers we can expect our students to caste aside their social life, and activites because of work overload. As a side note, I also hate being cold and love a good science fiction/ fantasy book. Lcars003 (talk) 18:55, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

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