Analysis of Responses

About half of the responses that my peers gave me are represented by the media, the other half are not. I think a reason for this is that we have all had many experiences with teachers so people don't have to rely on the media to make their judgements. About half of the responses that echoed how teachers are portrayed by the media are accurate. These responses were mostly positive. Many of the responses that do not reflect media as much were actually less accurate. I think my group's responses reflected their own perceptions of teachers more than the media. This may be due in part to the fact that most teachers in the media are high school teachers, not elementary teachers. I think my group was relying on their own perceptions of their past teachers and their ideas about elementary education majors instead of the media.