Thursday, September 27, 2012

A Perfect Plan that ended with a Boring lesson

Hi Dear Reader! Whoever you are and whereever you are I just want to say How are you and I hope that everything is fine  and life is NOT tough
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A Reflection on one of my teaching days
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Yesterday, I went back home FRUSTRATED…I kept asking myself WHY…WHAT went wrong….I had a VERY good plan….YET, the students help a solid face……Not even a smile during the whole class…..BORED that was the word…..They DID understand the lesson yet I'm NOT satisfied …..I kept thinking….Out of the blue I saw the word 'ENTHUSIAM' flashing in front of my eyes…..Nooooo, not theirs it's mine……OH God! My personal problems caused my intonation be boring…..LIVE TEACHING, ENTHUSIAM are the key to their smile…That's what 'I'  lacked……My teaching was like a movie where there was a problem with the sound system……GOD…..ENTHUSIAM makes all the difference



Tuesday, September 25, 2012

WHY this class was UNIQUE?
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A Reflection on my first class of TCHG 504 course
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Hi Guys, it's my last course the diploma, so sure it's UNIQUE. But what really caught my attention is the doctor giving the course. Her accent told me she wasn't American or British. Knowing that she was from Trinidad & Tobago made my head spin. How little do I know about the world we're living at. Her travelling a lot made me think of the benefits of getting in touch with different cultures.

Then, she started by asking us what did you benefit from the other courses and here came my second shock. I was ABOUT to forget A LOT of what I have learned and I decided to write notes on everything I learned in a special notebook. It can be a brief summary or a headlines with a reference to readings for more details. I'll start that.

The name of the course 'Motivating adolescent learners' caught my eye. Adolescents are quickly bored and more new ways to motivate them is only a blessing. Also, I knew that we have to make a community-based project and I though "Oh YES" as I'm already working on one that I'd like to develop. It's called New Vision. It's my passion and a dream. Knowing that I'll have to read about how to create community based ones thrilled me as I'll be working on scientific bases.

Hi to whoever read these words....:D