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Creating Chemistry
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Who inspired them to make this video?

Mr. Henry of El Dorado High School in Arkansas 

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Why did the book on teaching leave the author feeling desolate?
Because the book was written about a vision of a joyful productive classroom did not relate to he classroom filled with chaos.
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What High School did she work at?
Jefferson high school in Portland, Oregon
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What was her goal for her students to develop?
Empathy
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At the beginning of the year how did she get some information about her students?
She made a basic questionnaire about school experiences and knowledge of chemistry but snuck in a few questions on their personal interests. She also had them make a model about themselves and their unseen aspects
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What school district created this video?
Community ISD
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What were some of her issues with this particular year's class?
They failed to finished writing they started in class, read the novels, or just do the homework assigned.
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What kind of book actually interested her students?
Ones involving violence
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Why is is important for students to see how others hurt?
They can't as easily treat others as objects to be kicked, beaten or called names
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How does she keep the students interested?
She will make assignments that are based on the personal interests that the students wrote down on the first day.
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What did the teachers say to the students?
They told that that they believe and inspire them
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What were some of the struggles her students were going through during their personal lives?
Homelessness, pregnancy, death of loved ones, and gun violence within their neighborhoods.
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How did she actually get her students to start reading the novel, Thousand Pieces of Gold?

She read out loud a very graphic and violent section. And then they all related to it
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How did she compare ducks at the pond to the children in her classroom?
Some ducks got more bread while others were shoved to the side
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How does she add 'human' elements to exams?
She places bonus extra credit questions at the end of the exam that are about their experiences and interests.
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Why did the teachers want to tell their students how much that they believe in them?
They wanted to "speak life" into the children
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How did she describe her first few days of the semester?


She felt like a prison guard trying to bring order and kindness to the classroom
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What kind of litteratcre does she like to give the students?
Ones that intentionally makes the students look beyond into their own world
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What was going on with her student Jim?
He was slowly going blind due to a hereditary disease, and was getting made fun of for walking into things.
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How does she memorize her students names?
She prints a list of the names and reads them over during coffee.
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At the end of the video, what did they have the students say? 
I believe in myself
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What did she say politeness is commonly mistaken for?
Understanding
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What did she do to help the students understand other race's cultures and struggles?
She paired them up with English-Second-Language students who immigrated from all over and they would interview each-other and then write profiles.
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When is community created?
When students come together to reach a common goal.
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What is one thing the teacher does to build relationships with their students?
Calls parents to tell them how great their child is.

Has the classroom open before school.

Has the clasroom open during lunch twice a week.

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