Seeing what Mrs. Ball has done inspires me to keep pushing, and that my dreams are not to big. Some say that low income students do not care about learning, & are "stupid", but finding ways that adapt to them, make learning fun and easy. My dream is to encourage and help a student be the first person in there family to attend and graduate from college. Seeing the impact Harriet Ball on schooling today shows me that I can have that same impact on someone.
Mrs. Ball's methods of teaching were not always applauded, but she was comitted to teaching in her rambunctious style. Mrs. Ball taught more than waht would be on standarized test & that was fround upon, but she wanted to get the kids excited about learning. She would do this by teaching them to what they know. She created songs and chants to what they watched on Tv and listened to.