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by Mary
E. Clemons
This book is available in limited
distribution from KotaPress directly.
If you are involved in education at
any level, you will want to read all
this book has to offer. Clemons clearly
demonstrates her experiences as English
teacher, Speech and Hearing teacher,
Elementary Principal, Secondary Principal,
and Superintendent in this concise
book about equality (or inequality,
as the case may be) in our classrooms
today. If you work with children in
school, in homeschooling situations,
or even if you just feel for the children
we hear about everyday shooting and
killing each other-- you need to hear
Clemons' message.
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From Teaching Students Who
Are Classified as "OHTERS"
"We as educators are probably not aware that we sometimes, in the attempt
to make some of our students feel accepted, try too hard. That student
or those students may get the feeling that they are viewed differently...
Before we start examining ourselves, let us look at some research that
seems to suggest that even those who helped to prepare us for our careers
in education may have had prejudices of which they were not aware. Webster's
Dictionary defines prejudice as "a preconceived opinion, usually unfavorable"
or "an unjustified and unreasonable bias." Prejudice is not race or gender
specific, it can infiltrate anywhere and anyone. We all have some form
of prejudice and the potential to pass it on. For this reason, as educators
molding the most precious clay in the universe, we must look constantly
in the mirror at "self" in an attempt to be equipped to offer the very
best unbiased education to all students."
Mary E. Clemons has been a public
school teacher working with all levels
from pre-school to college graduate
students. Her passion remains those
students whose names when spoken are
not accompanied by a smile. She has
worked across the state of Pennsylvania
as a staff developer, college instructor,
supervisor, and consultant with organizations
such as Westmoreland Intermediate
Unit #7, University of Pittsburgh,
PA Dept of Education's Writing Standards
Committee, and PA Dept of Education.
She attended Clarion University, Penn
State University, Indiana University
of PA, and the University of Pittsburgh.
Her certifications include the following:
English; Speech and Hearing; Elementary
Principal; Secondary Principal; Superintendent.
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