Title: Interview 2
Summary: An interview with a first grade teacher discussing the No Child Left Behind act and its shortcomings when it comes to Special Education students, as well as students that do not speak English as a first language.
Topic: Should President Obama reform the No Child Left Behind law?
Category: Citizen: Commentator; Interview
What is it? An interview with a first grade teacher from Orange County, California.
Publication Information: N/A
Author: Source wishes to remain anonymous
Location: N/A
Accessed: 3/2/09
Support:
The interviewee is a first grade teacher, though she has previously taught anywhere from first to third grades. She has had experience teaching several special education students (as well as assisting in a special education classroom) as well as experience teaching non-English speaking students, specifically Hispanic. She has been teaching for 10 years.
Audience and Agenda:
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Usefulness:
It was useful talking to a teacher about the No Child Left Behind act. This teacher had a lot of experience teaching students that are impacted negatively by it. She talks about a boy that she had in her class a few years ago that was severely autistic–it was a good day for him if he remembered her name. He had a full-time aide with him so that he could attend “mainstream schooling,” despite the fact that he was not up to par with the other students. She believes that it would have been more beneficial for him to learn at his own pace and to eventually learn how to take care of himself. She also talks about how many of the schools are affected by the high hispanic population in Orange County, and that not all children qualify for ESL (English as a Second Language) as they should.
Works Cited: N/A
Filed under: Assignments for Gateway II, Source Notes Tagged: | Assignments, Citizen Sources, Gateway, Gateway II, Interview, No Child Left Behind, politics, Source Notes
