Talk is a valuable instructional tool.

In class Monday, we watched a clip from the movie Freedom Writers. I have seen this movie before, and I think it is wonderful and makes me realize why I want to teach each time I watch it. The clip that we watched was very intense. The teacher is talking to her students about how hate for another race just is not right. The students then tell her exactly how they feel about her and what happens in their lives and how people, even the school system, see and treat them. It makes her realize that no one has ever tried to believe in them. It makes me think about how there are many schools out there that do not believe in their students and that is why their students are not succeeding, in and outside of school. It helps one realize that listening is an essential part in the schools and can be used many different ways. She listened to them and to me that shows that she cared about her students and truly wanted to help them.