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It didn't take long for us to realize
that Ron Clark was no ordinary teacher. |
My
teacher knew I could do better (I)
老师知道我会做得更好(上)
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作者：Tamara Lauriano [美国] |
来源：www.rd.com |
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日期：2008-03-13 |
责编：Emma |
A Complete Joke
The first day my new teacher walked into our school in Spanish
Harlem, I burst out laughing. Ron Clark was this young white guy
from North Carolina who talked with a funny Southern accent. He
said he used to be a singing waiter. I thought, Who is this guy?
He's a complete joke.
It was 1999 and I was in the fifth grade at New York City's P.S.
83. I figured I'd spend most of the year in the principal's
office. I'd always been a troublemaker. I'd get yelled at, and
then the teachers would give up on me. I thought that's what
would happen with Ron Clark.
I was wrong. That first week, I kept mocking him. He hauled me
out to the hallway and said I'd better shape up. "Tamara," he
said, "you're a smart kid. You can do better."
He told me I was a natural leader and that I'd go far in life if
I started applying myself. I was mad at first, but then
something happened: I began to respect him. There were 29
students in our class, and it didn't take long for us to realize
that Ron Clark was no ordinary teacher.
He was only 27 and had the most unusual way of teaching. To help
us learn the states and capitals, he changed the lyrics of a
popular rap hit called "Thong Song" and had us sing and dance
with him. When we read the Harry Potter books, he decorated our
classroom like Hogwarts. And during the Presidential election,
he put campaign posters on the walls and covered the room with
5,000 red, white and blue stars.
Like most teachers, he had lots of rules: Treat each other like
family. Don't butt in line. But the real difference was how
involved he was. Mr. Clark ate with us in the lunchroom instead
of going to the teachers' lounge. At first, my friends and I
were thinking, What is he doing?
He asked us what was going on in our lives. At recess, he came
outside with us, and we taught him how to jump rope. When it
snowed, Mr. Clark, who'd never seen snow before, pelted us with
snowballs, and we pelted him back.
Before coming to P.S. 83, he taught at Snowden Elementary in his
hometown, Belhaven, North Carolina. His parents were DJs at
dance clubs, so he grew up with music and energy. He wanted a
life of adventure, he told me, but his mom encouraged him to
apply for a position at Snowden when one of the teachers passed
away. Mr. Clark ended up loving it. He came to Harlem because
he'd seen a TV show about our troubled schools and the lack of
qualified teachers. He wanted a challenge. Boy, did he get one.
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