Thread:Asdf Mapping/@comment-25700244-20151019203431/@comment-25700244-20151031001450

What I sent:

There was something that I forgot to say in today's class, and since I am not coming back to school because I have to go to France for the interview to get a green card, I am sending you this email. Also, my mother is unable to come to conference day. I remember that in class you said that the creative way is your teaching style, but respectfully, shouldn't the teacher accommodate to the students' learning styles? I'm not speaking for everyone because everyone has a different learning style, but from the looks of today's class, it seems that many students that were once Mrs. Cabrera's students preferred her teaching style that included paragraphs on analysis. It also looked like many students would rather write paragraphs, even though you think they are 'boring' and 'not creative'. There are many other ways to be creative, and in Mrs. ABCD's (not actual name) class, we expressed that creativity through writing. I personally like art, but I feel that writing should not be interspersed with visual arts, even though both are forms of art. I like visual arts and I like writing, but putting them together distracts me from the real focus—the melodic combination of words we call literature. You say that you don't give busy work, but there have been many times where I tried to text my friends, but they said they still had to do your work. When I meant that I would like to analyse more, I didn't mean filling out a plot chart. I meant that we could figure out what symbols of stories mean. For example, what does the monkey's paw in the last short story we read symbolise ? Though I am glad that you changed the independent reading activities to four per book, I just wanted to bring to attention this issue of 'styles'. I hope you have a great rest of your week.

What she replied:

Thank you KKAP for your candor. You won't find a teacher who caters more to learning styles, that's why I provide choice of assignments😀

Have a safe trip.

Sincerely,

- How am I supposed to like her if I send her an email full of questions and she just replies to me praising herself?