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Jeylan Erman graduated from Princeton. She enrolled in Teach for America, worked hard and really wanted to be a role model. So why didn’t she get the results she expected?
This video is part of our series following the day in the life of a Teach for America recruit. Watch the entire series here and weigh in with your comments.
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January 28, 2010 at 12:16 pm
Melissa Rasberry says:
What really struck me about this video is Jeylan’s self-centeredness. I literally sat here in frustration and awe as she said (not verbatim):
* “I was in COMMAND of that classroom.”
* “I could have made $80K on Wall Street. I’ll be talking about MY education a lot because I enjoyed it so much.”
* “I cared so much and it broke my heart that THEY didn’t recognize that.”
* “I could CONTROL the entire class.”
Asking high school kids to put their heads on their desks and thinking they would be completely silent and work independently? Somebody obviously didn’t give her a good grounding of what should be expected of students. Better yet, she didn’t have the opportunity to actually SPEND TIME in classrooms to see what it’s really like. She realizes it now, but unfortunately, it’s too late and as the video says, “She’s moved on …”