Ethical Speaking Analysis

Ethical Speaking Analysis

My analysis will be discussed in the following recollection. I will discuss how I observed a speaker who was a teacher. My observation was requested due to the fact that there had been reports of a student with special needs not having an educationally diverse environment. As a result of said issue the student was being neglected academically in class and in fact my observation shows that the teacher made the environment more challenging for the student and did not try to follow curriculum.

When I walked into the classroom the student with special needs was resting his head on his desk with a pillow. Before I could even tell the instructor why I was there he said to me, “He’s laying his head on his desk. He said he was tired today cuz he went out to Christmas lights last night.”

The teacher seemed irritated. His tone was condescending, not to mention he stated this across the room in front of the class while they were at group on the carpet. The class was discussing their project which was a book report on biographies. The teacher stated to me that, “The book report is outta his league.” He stated this right in front of the student. The student was left to himself and I redirected and asked the teacher for a grade level book. The student seemed agitated when I directed him to work and even told me at one point that I was making him mad. He did not read from the book. The student was at the point of shutting down academically due to the uncomfortable learning environment.

In my opinion, the teacher is not ethically appropriate due to his sarcasm and condescending tone. Most importantly, the student was not being provided his right to a diverse education. I think personally, this is why I was sent to this class in the first place; the instruction is not being directed at the student in an effective way. The teacher seems to think that putting the child on the computer

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