Daniel Fletcher Class Observation #3

Last week I was able to observe a beginning level reading class taught by Marilyn. After sending Marilyn an e-mail concerning her class, I discovered that my previous conceptions of what I thought the class was, were totally inaccurate. What I perceived as students being frustrated with each other because they thought themselves more advanced, actually was them joking with each other. What I thought as frustration or impatience from the teacher when she said "come on guys, we already talked about this", actually turned out to be a method from the teacher to re-inform the students that what they were learning was not new, so that they would engage and not just sit there waiting for an explanation. The students were talking with themselves in class, which I thought would be annoying. In actually Marilyn allowed them to talk in class because it helps them translate (allthough this is not allowed in the more advanced classes).
I thought that I would not be able to teach a class like this because of the "issues" previously mentioned, but now I believe I could, I understand why the class is conducted in this manner, and why the teacher allows certain things I previously thought rude.