Ben Gurion Elementary School Week 8

This week, things went back to normal. I tried to continue applying some of the teaching strategies I talked about in my presentation. For example, I continued using culture strategies. One way I would use it is by having them tell stories that involve their culture. Then I tell them stories about my culture this way we are educating eachother through stories, and it helps the students enjoy themselves. I also tried experimenting with a new strategy. It is called Total Physical Respnose. This technique is about giving students a more hands on learning experience. For example, Ill go off topic from the workbook alittle bit and teach them actions in English. Then I have them physcally act it out. So I tried this out in some of my lessons, but I didnt feel like it was helping so much. The kids didnt really want to act it out, instead, they would just lose interest in what I was trying to teach.
From the beginning until the end of the year, I havnt noticed a change behavior of the students throughout the school. Its sad because I havent seen anyone try and change the way the school is run in order to improve the students' behavior. Instead, the staff allows things to continue the way they are, even though it is clearly not working. Ive thought about talking to the principle and even teachers, but I never end up doing it. After thinking about it, Ive realized that there are 2 reasons. Reason One: they would never listen to me because I am just a part time volunteer. Reason Two: I am afraid of rejection. Most people wont admitt it, but that is a big part of it.