I posted about the first part of my end of the year survey results here. Now I’m onto the ones that students actually wrote things about.
I’m just going to give the responses that stand out for one reason or another. I bolded the most common responses for that question.
Sometimes Ms. Walczak ______, but not always.
- speaks French
- plays music
- checks homework
- gives candy
- explains things too quickly to try to meet the things we were supposed to get done that day
- answers our questions with questions
- is chill
- can be tough
- successfully keeps in her laughter
- goes through material more slowly than I would prefer
- uses technology
Sometimes Ms. Walczak lets the class ________, but not always.
- talk
- have their phones out
- have fun
- work on homework in class
- do fun projects
- sit in their own seats
- get off topic
- work with partners
- listen to music
- make jokes
- misbehave
- have a free day to work
What do you like BEST about the class? (ok this was really hard to just pick some)
How can class be improved for next year?
You find out that your friend has Ms. Walczak next year. What do you tell him/her? (Note: dropping the class is not an option)
- You’re going to like her. Just pay attention and don’t be disrespectful, then she will like you.
- To make sure to pay attention and not slack off because if you zone out you miss a lot of information. She covers a lot in a short amount of time and don’t be afraid to ask her questions.
- Make sure your practice the problems she gives you in packets and do the study guides because they highly reflect what is on the test.
- Its a good class to take and just do your homework don’t always bank on the dice to be no check
- Practice the units and lessons a lot, Ms. Walczak gives a lot of practice work and it comes to good use.
- Enjoy it, and ask help if you need it. Also do your homework presentations
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That they need to do the note in class and pay attention, also do the homework because the packets really help with review. Also the ms. Walczak is very understanding, if you cant do something, she will help, or if you weren’t here shell show you what to do. But they will have a great time in here!
- Run
- Shes a good teacher, you might not get along at first but you will learn to love her.
- Take advantage of reassessing things because they’re there to help you.
- Make her speak in french
- You’re lucky, you will learn a lot and listen to some good music.
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She’s the best teacher I’ve had
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DO YOUR HOMEWORK IT WILL TEACH YOU RESPONSIBILITY AND HELP YOU SO MUCH PLS DO IT
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Its cool most of the time. But she gets mad easily will move you
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That they need to work harder to graduate one day
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STAY IN THE CLASS AND LISTEN TO HER BECAUSE SHE’S REALLY GOOD AND YOU’LL LEARN A LOT
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tell them to make jokes
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Ask questions because she is patient and will give you extra help. And revise things for a good grade and more understanding
What is something Ms. Walczak should keep next year?
- Rolling the dice
- john Travolta
- Being able to reassess tests and quizzes
- the projects
- Quizzez
- The daily warm ups
- Dice and herself
- Her boyfriend
- Partner quizzes and tests, allows for people to work together and collaborate.
- her job
- The barbie project and the sets warm up.
- the candy and homework presentations
What is something Ms. Walczak should change next year?
What is something Ms. Walczak should stop doing next year?
Anything else you want to tell me? (I’m including all of them here)
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I probably seemed like I didn’t enjoy the class, but if that’s the case, it’s because it’s first hour. I liked the class though.
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sometimes you play scary music
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I really enjoyed this class and I always knew I would walk into the classroom and actually learn something unlike some other classes. It was fun in the process too.
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I overall enjoyed being your student and I think you’re a great fit for Newark High School!
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You did great, especially for your first year at Newark.
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No. Thanks for helping me learn more things though!
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Good Job!
- overall, the class was very educational, I just didn’t put in as much effort and time as i should have.
- Gucci
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Keep up the good work
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You have done a great job this year. Thank you for doing what you can to make this understanable and fun.
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I really loved having you as a teacher this year and really upset that its the end of the year. I wish we would have gotten closer, like as a teacher student friendship. You seem like a wonderful person and have a great personality. Hope you stick around here! You have really inspired my do actually try in math. I love math, and im good at it, but i never have really understood some of the basic things until i got into this class. Thank you so much!
- You should let your laughter out and give students more candy.
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I think that the utilization of the white boards more would help students a lot.
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Give them more candy.
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Overall, I think you were a great teacher. I really did learn a lot of new things, I don’t know how many of these things I’ll remember but I know them now. Also, having you as a math teacher made math class a little less miserable because you made it fun and understandable, most of the time. Sometimes I didn’t know what you were talking about but then you would explain it in a different way and then I would understand.
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your one of my favorite teachers
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Thank you for being such a great teacher.
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I enjoyed having you as my teacher my last year of high school.
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Nope! You were a very great teacher and I am so happy I had you as my Algebra teacher!
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Stay walczastic
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That it was a dope class
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I really enjoyed Algebra II this year and wanted to let you know that you are a great math teacher.
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Homework time should be added. It would make everyone happy and they might get there homework done by the next class.
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This was a blast. I finally feel like I learned something in Math class
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YOURE THE BESSTT
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Thanks for a great year, I’ll miss you!
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Hi
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trig is cool
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more extra credit
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you are so fun and I think that you handled us really well and I am sorry for Dan & you should never stop teaching because I feel like kids respect you and you are very thorough with what you teach keep it up champ!
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: )
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You’re great and I’ll miss you. I’ll probably have to take College Algebra in college next year and I’m so prepared
It’s funny how certain ones stand out more than others. Like even though only one person said anything about the high fives, that one stung a bit. And actually, I can’t believe more didn’t say anything about them. But also there are some really good comments here. I am happy to know students overall seemed to think the class was effective. My homework policy and daily warm ups made an impression on the students. Students recognized that I tried to create more than just a math classroom but a place where they can all feel comfortable. They also confirmed what I knew, which is that my pacing was off in all of my classes. I know that it will be better next year.
Part 3 is coming up with the optional questions from my Teacher Report Card.
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