I found this anecdote almost contradicting to Rafe, he opened up in a very humble manner in saying all the awards won did not compare to the rewards of teaching, but at the same time he talks about he taught he’s 10 year students to act like adults. As a fifth grader, I know that response would not have come out of my mouth, all i worried about was gossiping with my friends and discovering boys don’t really have cooties. ( well, some do.) Rafe teaches his students to act very polite and well-mannered when out in public, this maybe a good thing to teach students but to a certain extend. where is the fun in that? I think students can be well-mannered and still have fun. the ticket- taker and Rafe are too extreme opposites, the ticket-taker says the students should be loud and crazy and Rafe says the students should be polite and quiet out in public. I think that they should meet in the middle, i imagine Rafe’s students standing in a single filed line, blank faces, and hands at their sides, this would be so boring! I know I have good manners from my parents and as a student in college I wouldn’t want to behave like a robot.

Another thing that caught my attention was the fact the student told Rafe ” he is just a ticket-taker.” Rafe teaches his students to be polite but allows his students to make comments like that. I feel like everyone has to start somewhere, and these low wage jobs are a great way to get people in the work field. I work at a pool at my park district for minimum wage, but this teaching me the value of a dollar and that not every thing will be handed to me on a silver platter. when Rafe was telling this story I chuckled to myself, as i thought about it more I thought the comment was a bit rude. For Rafe to allow that kind of confused me.

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