I have always had a respect for teachers. They gain new students every year, go through the pain of trying to help them to learn, and yet they still call their students “their kids”. With all that I know of teachers, I really wanted to interview a teacher. As it so happens, my roommate, Julia, is a music education major. When I was thinking of who I would interview for the month, I asked her what she thought about education and when she answered, I knew that I had to ask her to be my interviewee. I first asked her why she chose to be a teacher. She said, “I…
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How to Create a Love of Learning
I hope that you have been enjoying this month’s topic about learning. I realize that I am not writing a long post today and that is probably because I have started writing my posts for July. I decided to do something that I have never done before for that month so this post will be shorter but I do have important information that I have compiled. I hope you enjoy. I have been in school for a long time. I have many ups, and many downs. Throughout that whole time, I have loved the idea of learning. I sometimes wonder if there are others who love learning as much as…
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What Makes a Good Teacher?
After going through almost 14 years of school, I would say that I have had my fair share of teachers. Some of which have been good while others haven’t been so good. With all of that experience I feel like I should have a good grip on what makes a good school experience, what sparks learning, and what makes a good teacher. I have had four good teachers out of all the teachers I had. One was my first grade teacher, my fourth grade teacher, my seventh and ninth grade English teacher, and my choir teacher. I don’t remember a whole lot about my first grade teacher. I do remember…
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How do You Face Fear?
Feeling a lack of courage is frustrating. All you want to do is get out there and show people what you are made of, then the anxiety kicks in and you start to wonder if you really should. It could all go wrong, you could get laughed at, or you could even fail in general. When all we want to do is have courage, what makes us stop? Back in ancient Greece when philosophers such as Socrates were making it big, they had a debate on what courage is. Some said it was standing at a post when you could die, others said it was an endurance of the soul. …