She Was Crying Outside My Office Door
2011 Beatrice Policelli
Her father being a college professor should have first hand experience and knowledge to know that all students have different styles and levels of learning and understanding. It seems that her father has very high expectations of his daughter but has he ever stopped to really see how hard she is actually working? When he talks to Charlotte is he really being present in their discussions? According to Buber’s theory being truly engaged and present as a teacher one needs to fully dialogue with the students, by really listening and observing them. If he is not able to be “present” with his own children, and parents are the # 1 teachers in children’s lives, how is he being an effective teacher in the classroom? The fact that she has a steady 75 % average and that her teachers see her working hard and dedicating herself to her work leads me to believe that her father is not in tuned with her schooling at all. Charlotte could be just struggling with this one particular unit, but has he asked her how she is doing and if she needs any help? Yes Charlotte is at fault in that she should have asked for help before hand, as this would have demonstrated her being proactive, and not just scrambling an hour before the test. It seems to me that she is so afraid of disappointing her father that it is effecting her study habits and that no matter how well she performs it’s not good enough for her college professor father who needs to be more in tuned with his own children.
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