Chalk!

Chalk, the official teacher version of the Office! What a hilarious show this was! I really enjoyed watching this for our Monday night gathering. I think mostly it gave us some insight as what not to become as teachers, which is definitely a good thing to see as well as hear good things to do. The characters on this show fit their parts perfectly! How hilarious! I really get a kick out of the history teacher, who informs his students that he had only been teaching for about an hour and ten minutes official after class started! I think it's going to be a great reference to see these teachers in order to see what works and what doesn't. Of course none of us are going to be perfect when we start, and could maybe be somewhat like these people on this show. But like these teachers do, we need to adapt to different teaching styles to see what works and what doesn't in order to engage kids in what we are teaching. All of these techniques are very realistic and seem like they could be likely to happen in our classrooms so I feel like Chalk is somewhat preparing us for the real world! Reality t.v.! :) Here's a pretty great example of the history teacher lacking a little flavor for teaching, I'd say...

check it out!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pS6Xc_l0Kjo

For the second section of watching Chalk I feel like the movie really gave me a sense of how NOT to teach. I felt that some of the teachers were there for the right reasons, and some definitely not. For example the teacher who only wanted to win teacher of the year. However, I do know that this movie will be beneficial to my teaching career in some way. It's just one of the many things I'll have to keep in mind when thinking of how to manage my teaching in the future!