World Languages
Personal philosophy paper students with a learning disability and ADHD Students I Desire to Serve-These four values loyalty, compassion, dedication, and respect are values that I think everyone should consider following. This is especially true if you wish to work with children with disabilities. When working with children I feel that it's important to have at least some of these values. Even though, education is not my first career choice. I knew I always wanted to work with children in a medical environment. In the future, I want to be a Child Life Specialist. If I had to pick the students I would like to work with, they would be ages 4 to probably 8. At aelementary grade level, with a learning disability or Attention-Deficit Disorder (ADHD). I have a learning disability and ADHD. So, I know what it's like overcoming obstacles and constantly having to prove yourself to other people. Helping children who are experiencing similar difficulties that I personal experiences is very important to me. Instructional Strategies-The two strategies that I would use if I had a classroom would be direct instruction and Direct instruction is an instructor directed strategy. It is useful for providing information or developing step-by-step skills. Some examples are lectures, questioning, explicit teaching, and demonstrations (Instructional strategies: Literacy basics). I need help with finding another Instructional StrategiesProfessional Skills Needed and Plan for Acquisition-description of 2 professional skills you hope to develop or refine in the future to best serve thesestudents and a plan of action describing how you will gain the knowledge and skills outlined in the previous section to make you a superlative professionalwith students/families/adults;Personal Philosophy of Education-a summary of your personal philosophy of general or special education
1 I fell in love with the ministers son the winter I turned fourteen. He was not Chinese, but as white as Maryin the manger. For Christmas I prayed for this blond haired boy, Robert, and a slim new American nose.2 When I found out that my parents had invited the ministers family over for Christmas Eve dinner, I cried.What would Robert think of our shabby Chinese Christmas? What would he think of our noisy Chineserelatives who lacked proper American manners? What terrible disappointment would he feel upon seeingnot a roasted turkey and sweet potatoes but Chinese food?3 On Christmas Eve I saw that my mother had outdone herself in creating a strange menu. She was pullingblack veins out of the backs of fleshy prawns. The kitchen was littered with appalling mounds of raw food: Aslimy rock cod with bulging eyes that pleaded not to be thrown into a pan of hot oil. Tofu, which looked likestacked wedges of rubbery white sponges. A bowl soaking dried fungus back to life. A plate of squid, theirbacks crisscrossed with knife markings so they resembled bicycle tires.4 And then they arrived the ministers family and all my relatives in a clamor of doorbells and rumpledChristmas packages. Robert grunted hello, and I pretended he was not worthy of existence.5 Dinner threw me deeper into despair. My relatives licked the ends of their chopsticks and reached acrossthe table, dipping them into the dozen or so plates of food. Robert and his family waited patiently forplatters to be passed to them. My relatives murmured with pleasure when my mother brought out thewhole steamed fish. Robert grimaced. Then my father poked his chopsticks just below the fish eye andplucked out the soft meat.6 Amy, your favorite, he said, offering me the tender fish cheek. I wanted to disappear.7 At the end of the meal my father leaned back and belched loudly, thanking my mother for her fine cooking.Its a polite Chinese custom to show you are satisfied, explained my father to our astonished guests.Robert was looking down at his plate with a reddened face. The minister managed to muster up a quietburp. I was stunned into silence for the rest of the night.8 After everyone had gone, my mother said to me, You want to be the same as American girls on theoutside. She handed me an early gift. It was a miniskirt in beige tweed. But inside you must always1. Part A: What point of view or position is paragraph 1-9 written? (R.1.3)