The birds are singing and chirping loudly outside my window again at 6am. At first I was like....damn noisy burds. But then I realized, that this means it's spring again!
Plus the huge snow piles on my lawn have FINALLY melted. YAY!
Tuesday, April 08, 2008
Friday, April 04, 2008
You know what is scary? Knowing that you are completely responsibile for everything a child knows/ needs to know about a particular subject.
There is a whole class of grade four students whose knowledge of rocks and minerals is based commpletely on what I taught them...
That is how it should be I guess, because those kids should receieve the best learning experience they can have, and fear can be a powerful motivator. And I don't mean fear in a bad way like omg I am scared to teach these kids...I mean in a way that many people feel when doing an important aspect of their jobs; as in, I have got to do a thorough job and do this well, because this is imporatant. If that makes sense...it does in my head, but at the moment I don't know if I am really expressing what I mean very well...
There is a whole class of grade four students whose knowledge of rocks and minerals is based commpletely on what I taught them...
That is how it should be I guess, because those kids should receieve the best learning experience they can have, and fear can be a powerful motivator. And I don't mean fear in a bad way like omg I am scared to teach these kids...I mean in a way that many people feel when doing an important aspect of their jobs; as in, I have got to do a thorough job and do this well, because this is imporatant. If that makes sense...it does in my head, but at the moment I don't know if I am really expressing what I mean very well...
