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The day I spend observing Mr. Gonzalez, I walked with him to go pick up his students from the auditorium. Every time we walked past a staff member, Mr. Gonzalez would introduce me to them and every single one of them were glad to have yet another Montclair student in the building. They all seemed very friendly. While walking around the school on my own, I was always greeted, either with a smile or a nod. I'd always get some kind of recognition. The same goes for the staff of the building. I noticed, as I was sitting outside of the Main Office every time I visited the school, that the staff would always greet one another and usually ask how their day was going. When I walked with the girls from Mr. Gonzalez's class to the bathroom, I witness polite greetings again. Everyone in the school acts like one big family. The hallways are decorated with the students' classwork and pictures. There are also murals drawn on some of the hallway walls. There's always something to look at while walking through the school. .
When Mr. Gonzalez picked his students up from the auditorium in the morning, he greeted them all in a friendly manner. There was one student who had been absent the day before and Mr. Gonzalez automatically asked him if anything was wrong and his reason for not being present. Another student mentioned that she was very sleepy and Mr. Gonzalez asked her if she got enough sleep. Mr. Gonzalez seemed genuinely concerned with both his students' well being. Throughout the class, Mr. Gonzalez taught mostly in English, but he made sure all of his students understood what he was saying. The two students who had the most difficulty with the language never hesitated to ask questions. Mr. Gonzalez would answer them in Spanish to better aid their misunderstanding. .
I found it interesting that throughout the class there would be things Mr. Gonzalez would say in both languages. First he'd say it in English and then he would repeat himself in Spanish.