Finn is interviewing to get into a teacher-credentialing program. The interviewer asks him to describe some important aspects of his pedagogy. Which of the following responses best answers that question? My mother and grandmother both got me interested in teaching, since they are or were teachers, and I like hearing their stories. I've volunteered in my mother's classroom.

I believe it is natural in children to enjoy learning and to want to learn from the world around them. My teaching focuses on connecting subject matter to students' lives and communities.

By the end of the school year, students will have gained mastery in identifying and interpreting essential elements of literature (plot, theme, setting, and character).

I have a bachelor's degree in English from State University, from which I graduated with honors. I hope to get my master's at the same time as I earn my teaching credential.

panem is a communist totalitarian dictatorship where all the resources and how they are allocated belongs to the capitol. the districts exist only to provide goods and services for the capital and most of the citizens live in poverty. it is a police state where the "peacekeepers" use force and threats to keep the people under control. dissent is outlawed and those who disobey the law are executed, flogged, or turned into avoxes. the games are another means in which the ruling elite in the capitol exert their power over the districts. when reading the books i drew parallels between panem and the soviet union and north korea. in no way is panem capitalist. the people in the capitol are wealthy but the majority of them are involved in the government somehow. it was the same way in the former soviet union where bigwigs in the communist party and high ranking government officials were given access to goods, services, medical treatments not available to the general public. if you think panem has a capitalist economy you need to brush up on your economics.