Graciela Hammeken Relationship Between Teachers And Students Essay
“Not only does the student learn from the teacher, but I believe the teacher must learn from the student.” Graciela Hammeken says while casually sitting next to me in her office. With these powerful words, Graciela Hammeken has changed many people’s perspective on the relationship between teachers and students. In her opinion, creating the most successful and comfortable learning environment, starts from equal respect that is reciprocated from student to the teacher.
Graciela’s educational background is different from many teachers in the United States. She grew up in Mexico, and attended grade school there. The major differences between the U.S. education system and the Mexican education system, is choice of class. …show more content…
“The way people look at like changes,” she says while explaining the differences between each country. While attending school in Paris, Graciela studied art and experienced a whole new way of learning. The teacher took the student’s favorite techniques, and helped them to perfect those techniques. This idea contributed to the kind of teacher Graciela is today because it taught her to let the students make their own decisions, and support them through those decisions. In Mexico, Graciela describes the school system as “more laid back.” She explains that the students classes are more revolved around their career paths. Of course, there are still required classes such as math and spanish, but the students have more options as to what classes they believe would benefit them for their future. After coming to the United States, everything felt structured. “Students don’t have much say in what classes they take here. At least compared to Mexico.” Graciela says that she believes every student should be able to choose the kinds of maths and sciences they would like to take based on their future plans. She believes that each field should be required but there should still be options within each field. Through traveling to three different countries and being involved in their schools, Graciela has been lucky enough to never feel that
Graciela’s educational background is different from many teachers in the United States. She grew up in Mexico, and attended grade school there. The major differences between the U.S. education system and the Mexican education system, is choice of class. …show more content…
“The way people look at like changes,” she says while explaining the differences between each country. While attending school in Paris, Graciela studied art and experienced a whole new way of learning. The teacher took the student’s favorite techniques, and helped them to perfect those techniques. This idea contributed to the kind of teacher Graciela is today because it taught her to let the students make their own decisions, and support them through those decisions. In Mexico, Graciela describes the school system as “more laid back.” She explains that the students classes are more revolved around their career paths. Of course, there are still required classes such as math and spanish, but the students have more options as to what classes they believe would benefit them for their future. After coming to the United States, everything felt structured. “Students don’t have much say in what classes they take here. At least compared to Mexico.” Graciela says that she believes every student should be able to choose the kinds of maths and sciences they would like to take based on their future plans. She believes that each field should be required but there should still be options within each field. Through traveling to three different countries and being involved in their schools, Graciela has been lucky enough to never feel that