the best of what I have achieved in this assignment is fully understanding the concept of becoming a teacher and what to expect when that day comes. What leads me to this repsonse is that all this time ive been in college studying to be an educator and not knowing the obstacles I am about to face having the education of many young children in my hands had not really hit me until now. After the interview i realized that no matter how much i learn to become a teacher, all my knowledge will be based on my dicisions and how intrepret my classroom. I'll be learning everyday as i teach.
One idea that led me to find it exciting and useful is that I cant wait to give my students a chance to remember who i am as their teacher, and that im not just their teacher. When i chose my word memorable, that is what i meant. I can go backto elementary and remember every single teacher i had and be able to describe what kind of teacher they were and what inspiration they brought to my life.
Something i learned from this assignment that i would consider a "lesson for life" is that no matter how much work i put into my teaching career, it will never be enough. no matter what, i will always have to work harder and harder and what i do so that i at least feel a satisfaction of achievement torwards my students and their education. I know i would never give up. Giving up is just not in my nature, and i would never want my students to give up or feel discouraged in any area of their learning.
How i arrived at this conclusion was that ive had a few teachers that didnt find their job very stimulating and found myself along with other students not caring about school so much. Discouragment is not a word i want my students to ever feel.
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Monday, February 15, 2010
Writing
"Writing is something you do, not something you know"- Well a lot of people think that writing is only something that certain people know how to do. Well writing is something that everyone does, they just dont know it. Many times i have a lot of thoughts running through my head that i cant even sleep at night, well i figured out a way to help me. I started writing, writing down anything that came to my head, anything that was maybe bothering me that day, something that i might have experienced that day, either way, I was writing. when i look back at what i wrote, i think to myself, " so this is how you start". Of course there are people who can write professionally, the way we we're expected to write in the first place. Behind all that, writing comes in all different way, from many different thoughts.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Positive Change
"I am in the process of Positive Change"..... The only thing in life that i try to look forward to everyday is positive change in my life. Of course everyday i fear of some difficult obstacle courses i may come across, but who doesnt. My life has always been through transitions, bad and good, but i always know that positive change comes eventually. I always tell myself " bad always has to happen before anything gets even better". I tell myself that anytime i get discouraged in any situation, but believe it or not, it helps out a lot. Right now bad has happened to me so now im waitiing for something bigger and better to happen. POSITIVE CHANGE.
"i am unfolding in fulfilling ways. Only good can come to me. I now express health, happiness, prosperity, and peace of mind." one of the many ways i like to deal with any bad situations in my life is staying quiet. sure ill talk about it with someone i feel completely comfortable with, but i like a lot of time to myself. enough time to think about what is actually happening, and giving myself that opportunity to feel like no matter what, everything will fall into place. In the mean time, happiness and peace of mind are my main characteristics that help me a long the way. i couldnt do it any other way.
"i am unfolding in fulfilling ways. Only good can come to me. I now express health, happiness, prosperity, and peace of mind." one of the many ways i like to deal with any bad situations in my life is staying quiet. sure ill talk about it with someone i feel completely comfortable with, but i like a lot of time to myself. enough time to think about what is actually happening, and giving myself that opportunity to feel like no matter what, everything will fall into place. In the mean time, happiness and peace of mind are my main characteristics that help me a long the way. i couldnt do it any other way.
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Ray and Strickland
When I was little, I attended a private elementary. And during that time, I don’t think I can remember a time when writing was an important part of our curriculum. Writing was never an important aspect in my life growing up. I know I did a few writing assignments, but I was never taught the significance and the wonders of writing. We were never just given the opportunity to write about any topic we desired or were interested in the most. There was no excitement or encouragement for us to enjoy writing.
Our students today I think still don’t have that motivation or the knowledge to actually comprehend what writing can do for them. I believe that it is important for our students to be able to choose their own topic in a sense of stability to their interests. Students don’t want to write about a topic where boredom takes over. Students at young ages, when writing should be introduced, are full of imagination and most all, curiosity. There is always that one subject or topic that catches a student’s attention in which they “want” to know about. So, we let it happen. I couldn’t agree more with Ray when he stated, “Teachers…they see the writing process as a tool they can give their students to use when rocking the world, not just something to learn to do” (pg 4). While reading Ray and Strickland, I’ve come to understand that writing has no boundaries in which there is never a wrong or right type of writing. Hopefully over time, students will be able to be aware of that characteristic of writing, and be able to appreciate their thoughts and beliefs when writing them down. After all, that’s how writing begins; we write exactly what is on our minds. Time is what everyone needs when it comes to writing. If you think about it, over a period of time, we have come to experience a dramatic amount of memories that stick with us. Well writing takes time as well. A person’s mind is running through thoughts all day that time has become more precious than ever. Just like a person’s life I think, writing takes practicing and hard work, Strickland implies.
Writer’s notebooks or journals are what every student should have. They’re not there to be graded or to be criticized by a teacher. They should be able to enjoy sharing their thoughts with others. Communication between each other is another important aspect to writing. Every person has a different opinion, a different belief, and a different aspect of life. These different ideologies between people are there reason for being, and without that, where else would the beauty of writing come from?
Our students today I think still don’t have that motivation or the knowledge to actually comprehend what writing can do for them. I believe that it is important for our students to be able to choose their own topic in a sense of stability to their interests. Students don’t want to write about a topic where boredom takes over. Students at young ages, when writing should be introduced, are full of imagination and most all, curiosity. There is always that one subject or topic that catches a student’s attention in which they “want” to know about. So, we let it happen. I couldn’t agree more with Ray when he stated, “Teachers…they see the writing process as a tool they can give their students to use when rocking the world, not just something to learn to do” (pg 4). While reading Ray and Strickland, I’ve come to understand that writing has no boundaries in which there is never a wrong or right type of writing. Hopefully over time, students will be able to be aware of that characteristic of writing, and be able to appreciate their thoughts and beliefs when writing them down. After all, that’s how writing begins; we write exactly what is on our minds. Time is what everyone needs when it comes to writing. If you think about it, over a period of time, we have come to experience a dramatic amount of memories that stick with us. Well writing takes time as well. A person’s mind is running through thoughts all day that time has become more precious than ever. Just like a person’s life I think, writing takes practicing and hard work, Strickland implies.
Writer’s notebooks or journals are what every student should have. They’re not there to be graded or to be criticized by a teacher. They should be able to enjoy sharing their thoughts with others. Communication between each other is another important aspect to writing. Every person has a different opinion, a different belief, and a different aspect of life. These different ideologies between people are there reason for being, and without that, where else would the beauty of writing come from?
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