Reading 1

1A- If you establish ties with your students you will be able to grow and understand them more as individuals and you will become closer to them as students. If you don't try to establish ties with your students you will most likely only get the surfice them and not really understand who they are as individuals and what they need. Establishing ties is very important in our profession because you have to learn to trust each other before you will be able to learn from each other. The ahha moment for me was that this should be so obvious to do but sometimes the simplest things we should do are forgotten and so this is a good thing to remember.

What do you see? First you get a class as a whole the students are known by that group the whole, then you break them up into groups whether on purpose or by accident into either by skill level, friendships they have in the class, "good" or "bad" students. Then you get to know those groups and each student in the group becomes unique individuals with their own thoughts, personality, needs, and different ways they learn. This is important because throughout the time the students are in your class they grow and change into who they really are instead of just who we thought they were. Establishing ties helps the students feel comfortable enough to show us who they really are so we can help them achieve the greatest success possible.