First week and a half of Practicum

The first week and a half of practicum has gone by before my eyes. I have learned so much already and I'm realizing that it will all be over at Frontier Middle School before I know it. I really enjoy the class and my cooperating teacher. I think it has been a great experience so far. I really think that the first day I taught has been much different than today. I have learned so much and developed more confidence and character through teaching. The whole class respects me for the most part. I won't say that they always respect me, but they do for the most part. It feels good to have control of the class at time. My cooperating teacher leaves the room more and more and the students look to me as a real teacher. This will be true one day.

When I become a teacher I can't forget my training. All the lessons and the ideas that are used in this time of my training will be useful when I actually start teaching. My only question now is since it is so exhausting will I have the energy to do it every day for a whole school year. I believe I can do it, but only time will give me the chance and the answer to that concern.

I'm excited to finish this week and the next and give the students the test. I think they can all do it, but the students will have to try and continue to believe in me. I will continue to believe in them...

Bill of Rights article

Read the article and write a summary on a blank piece of paper. In ths summary try and list as many amendments as you can think of that are violated in this case. Try and write a paragraph or more (4-6 sentences).

Johnny Q. Public dozed off to sleep while watching a crime show on TV. Suddenly there was a noise on his porch and then, “BAM!” Five men in police uniforms stood in his living room with guns pointed at him.
The captain shouted to the other officers, “You, go search the basement. You, search the garage. You, search the kitchen!”
“Wh- wh- where’s your search warrant?” asked Johnny nervously.
“We don’t need a warrant!” replied the police captain.
After searching his house, the captain announced, “Johnny Q. Public, you are under arrest.”
Johnny was booked and led to a prison cell. He wondered what he had been arrested for. “Guard, why I have been arrested?” Johnny asked each day. But the guards said they didn’t know.
Months went by. Finally Johnny was told that if he could post one million dollars bail, he could get out of jail until his trial. “I don’t have that kind of money. Can I talk to an attorney?” He’d beg, but the answer was always, “No.”
A year passed, and finally Johnny was transported from Virginia to Pennsylvania for trial. He found out that he was charged with shoplifting a t-shirt. As he entered the courtroom, he saw an empty jury box. He asked, “Where’s my jury?” He was told he couldn’t have a jury because judges were better at knowing when someone was guilty.
Then the district attorney said, “The prosecution calls Johnny Q. Public to the stand.” Johnny didn’t want to testify. But he was told he would be sent back to jail if he did not. Johnny put on the best defense he could. By some miracle, he was found not guilty.
A month later, Johnny was arrested again on the same charge. He had to prepare for another trial. The prosecution had new evidence this time. Johnny wanted to question the prosecution’s witnesses, but the judge would not let him.
When it was time for Johnny to present his case, Johnny said, “I’d like to call my neighbor to the stand. He knows that I was at home alone that night.” But the judge said, “Your neighbor didn’t want to get involved, and so he would not agree to testify. There’s nothing we can do.”
Johnny was found guilty. The judge asked Johnny to stand while he read the sentence: “Johnny Q. Public, since this is your worst offense, you have been sentenced to five years in a maximum security prison.” Johnny felt dizzy and sat down. He thought, “I wish there were something that could protect me from these abuses!”

Source: (Bill of Rights lesson 3)