Engagement

            I connect a lot with entry 46 because of the ideas regarding planning periods.  I know in my experience, planning periods have mainly been used as a means to discuss things have happened in class.  During Practicum, none of my planning periods were actually used for planning.  However, I think it is very important for teachers to have this time to take a deep breath and recompose themselves.  The writer makes a joke of the fact that they are called planning periods, but this might be just a name to justify the free periods to the legislators who view teachers as being lazy.

            I also connected with the fact that Ana probably wouldn’t have become as upset if she had been yelled at.  When I was in high school, there were clearly students who acted out more when teachers tried to remain calm.  They’re anger was derived from the fact that they connected the yelling with caring.  Since they loved people who yelled at them all the time, the yelling became synonymous with love.  I’m definitely someone who will only resort to yelling in the most extreme situations, and I can admire the teacher’s efforts to remain calm despite frustrations.