Carina O.

Aguilar
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A Summary of the Article Teachers: Blame Only Where Blame is Due
In Thomas Hursts Teachers: Blame Only Where Blame is Due, the author enumerated
the variables that influences a students achievement based on a report released by the
Educational Testing Service. Six out of the 16 variables are accounted to teachers. However,
according to Hurst, teachers cannot always hold their students to the official standards because
many students enter their classrooms unprepared to meet those standards. Also, most times the
curriculum is dictated by federal, state, and school policies so it does not make sense to hold
someone accountable for something they do not control. What the teachers need to do is to
control all the other variables that affect student performance. Giving teachers more power over
school policies and work conditions and more input on what resources they need will help
teachers get the support they need and clarify whether it is fair to hold them accountable.


A Summary of the Interview From Juvenile Hall to a Masters Degree: How Ones
Professors Influence Changed a Students Life

Based on an interview done by the Lone Star College-North Harris, a student named
Lynn Langmead once found herself influenced and saved by her professors, particularly her
psychology professor, Dr. Don Stanley, and a Math professor, Charlotte Champagne. Langmead
was having a difficult time she lost her father, brother, and best friend and she acted out her
angst by skipping school, stealing, and spray painting graffiti on school buildings. It was when
she talked to Dr. Stanley. She said that Dr. Stanley put her under his wing and made her feel
cared. Also, a Math professor, Mrs. Champagne, tutored her in algebra after class. With the help
of her professors, Langmead completed her course and went back to Sam Houston University
where she earned degrees in criminal justice and forensic photography.