nfi@ilD~ fiilllfr@g education Rewards, disappointments a part of teaching Education majors are unique because not only are they learning, they are being taught to specifically share their knowledge with others. After years in elementary , secondary and collegiate education as a student, the education major finally receives the opportunity to teach during his last semester at Harding. Often, expectations deter204 .. Education mine outcomes. Vicki Bailey explained , "My student teaching experience was a chance for an experience apart from the student!academic ro le I've played all my life - a sort of 'protected' chance to find out what the professional world is like with me being teacher instead of student. " As with most any endeavor, student teaching has its unexpected rewards and disappointments , according to Lesta Grear. "It is always rewarding when kids accept you ," she said. "When you see a slow child overcome something , when they grow in physical and mental ability , they get so excited and you do too ," she explained . For Lesta , though, disappOintment came after teaching when she returned for a visit to the school where she taught and found that she was no longer a part of it. With Patsy Knowles, disappOintment came in giving Ber class a test. "It's disappointing," she said, "when you think you're getting somewhere, give a test, and find you aren't where you thought you were in the material." But perhaps the most important thing about teaching, Patsy found, was being able to teach students something and in doing that, bring about Christian attitudes. Below left MAJORING in Special Education, Solly Paine drills students in reading comprehension skills. Below, LESTA GREAR leads a class in a coordination exer· cise. Left: JOINED in a reading ci rcle, Susan Denewiler em · phasizes noun usage .
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy NTc5NA==