Some people believe that the most important qualities of an effective teacher are understanding and empathy. Others believe that it is more important for teachers to be rigorous and demanding in their expectations for students.
Write a response in which you discuss which view more closely aligns with your own position and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should address both of the views presented.
The qualities an effective teacher must possess vary when asking person to person. Some believe to be an effective teacher, one must be rigorous and demanding in their expectations for students. However, it is more important for teachers to be understanding and empathetic to be effective because they may encounter outlying circumstances and the introduction of learning to young children must be done slowly.
First, there are situations that exist in which the expectations of the teacher may not be met and the teacher must respond with empathy. Imagine, a college math professor is giving his midterm on a specific day and the morning of that same day, the father of one of his student dies with a stroke. This student may not be emotionally stable enough to competently complete his exam. Most teachers nowadays would postpone this exam for this particular student to take at a later time when the student is more oriented to reality. In other words, teachers sympathize with the issues their students are dealing with and allow alternatives for their students to keep up with their course work. If this same teacher had instead dealt with this situation more rigorously, he may have demanded his student to complete the exam on the day it was scheduled, which could have caused a lower than normal score for the student because he was unable to focus on the exam. This would be an inaccurate representation of the student’s potential. As it can be seen, teachers should focus on understanding and empathizing with their students to perceive an accurate representation of their capabilities.
Furthermore, pushing young students into demanding classes with unyielding expectations can be disadvantageous than it seems. Take into consideration a young 3-year old boy who is starting preschool. He has not had social interactions outside of his family, nor has he had any formal instruction of some sort. This student is completely new to school, formal and social culture. The new rigorous expectations bestowed upon him may cause confusion because he has not had these interactions before. These harsh expectations may lead this student to become less interested in school and more rebellious due to the increasing confusion. So, if the teacher eases the child into schoolwork and school expectations with a flexible agenda, it would be more beneficial for the student and teacher.
Finally, some may argue teachers that are more understanding and empathetic than rigorous and demanding may cause leniency in the teacher and students to become lazy. For example, if a teacher in college is known for being relaxed and lenient, students may tend to procrastinate on their assignments because they know the professor will accept their work at any time in the quarter. This does not prepare them for the real world because some deadlines for tasks will have to be met. Although this is true, being understanding and empathetic is not the same as being lenient. One can be understanding and empathetic while not being lenient.
Though there are reasons to believe having rigorous and demanding expectations can lead to be an effective teacher, these claims do not outweigh the benefits of opposing side. It is more important to understand the needs of students and their learning styles. Thus, to be an effective teacher, one must possess the quality of understanding and empathy.
Grammar and spelling errors:
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...r, it is more important for teachers to be understanding and empathetic to be effective because ...
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... have to be met. Although this is true, being understanding and empathetic is not the same as being...
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... not the same as being lenient. One can be understanding and empathetic while not being lenient....
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
finally, first, furthermore, however, if, may, so, thus, while, for example, in other words
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 34.0 19.5258426966 174% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 25.0 12.4196629213 201% => Less auxiliary verb wanted.
Conjunction : 21.0 14.8657303371 141% => OK
Relative clauses : 8.0 11.3162921348 71% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 45.0 33.0505617978 136% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 64.0 58.6224719101 109% => OK
Nominalization: 6.0 12.9106741573 46% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2844.0 2235.4752809 127% => OK
No of words: 553.0 442.535393258 125% => OK
Chars per words: 5.14285714286 5.05705443957 102% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.84932490483 4.55969084622 106% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.93381568529 2.79657885939 105% => OK
Unique words: 235.0 215.323595506 109% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.424954792043 0.4932671777 86% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 873.0 704.065955056 124% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 11.0 6.24550561798 176% => OK
Article: 4.0 4.99550561798 80% => OK
Subordination: 6.0 3.10617977528 193% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.77640449438 56% => OK
Preposition: 2.0 4.38483146067 46% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 26.0 20.2370786517 128% => OK
Sentence length: 21.0 23.0359550562 91% => OK
Sentence length SD: 50.610489008 60.3974514979 84% => OK
Chars per sentence: 109.384615385 118.986275619 92% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.2692307692 23.4991977007 91% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.5 5.21951772744 67% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 7.80617977528 38% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 11.0 10.2758426966 107% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 8.0 5.13820224719 156% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 7.0 4.83258426966 145% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.451032717589 0.243740707755 185% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.143877219989 0.0831039109588 173% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0988603889043 0.0758088955206 130% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.304826963473 0.150359130593 203% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0958577905217 0.0667264976115 144% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.4 14.1392134831 95% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 50.16 48.8420337079 103% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.5 12.1743820225 94% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.53 12.1639044944 103% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.76 8.38706741573 93% => OK
difficult_words: 108.0 100.480337079 107% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 11.8971910112 92% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 11.2143820225 93% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 11.7820224719 110% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 66.67 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.0 Out of 6
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