“The Danger of a Single Story,” made me really think. As teachers, we often hear single stories about
students. For example, when a teacher
shares a tough experience with a particular child. It’s very easy to form opinions about that
child without really knowing them. I
think of when other teachers look at your roster before the first day of school
and tell you something about each one of the kids on your list before you’ve
even met them. It’s very important for
each of us to form our own opinions based on our own research and personal
experience with that student instead of relying on what other people say and/or
basing our opinion of someone on a single story we’ve heard.
