SecretlyAlaska

I'm a senior in Secondary Education at Michigan State University with a specialization in urban education. I'm doing my student teaching in Detroit Public Schools next school year.

What advice do you have for future educators like myself, especially those going into impoverished settings, given the attitude towards the teaching profession and the changes the field of education is seeing right now? What do you know now that you wish you had known starting your first year of teaching? How do you prevent or deal with teacher burn out?

haha thats the typical reaction.

I actually requested it. I worked in DPS (Osbourn High if you're familiar) two summers ago with their summer school program. It was the best learning experience, most valuable teaching experience and most rewarding experience I've had to date. It was badly organized and poorly managed, but the kids were amazing and the staff were great to learn from. Working there really set in stone for me my desire to work in urban settings and work to help change the aspects of urban education that lead to those negative connotations.

I'm a future high school history teacher, just about to start my student teaching in the fall. We talk a lot about using technology, specifically social networks, with our student and in the classroom, and this is one of the best examples I've seen. Not AP Gov related, but do you have any advice for a soon to be teacher?