Counter-Narratives

I really enjoyed this article and the fact that it took a positive perspective on teachers and students in urban schools. I find that this article is the complete opposite to the one we read called "Unemployment Training." There are good teachers in urban schools, which I knew all along! I hope that maybe some people in the field would read this article and develop an optimism about urban schools. I student taught in a urban setting and loved it. I also feel that the techniques the teachers used in this article are critical to all teachers. If a teacher in a suburban school doesn't build relationships with their students they too will not be successful. I feel as if the problem is that too many times teachers go into urban schools with preconceived notions of what the students and school are going to be like that they don't even attempt to use what they students like, get to know them, and require hard work of them. So what if they live in the city, they are still children that need and can learn. I wonder how the tables would turn if all the really good and dedicated teachers decided to teach in urban setting instead of shying away.