As the semester has progressed I have come to find that this semester's classes are my favorite thus far in my collegiate career.
-I am not a big fan of my Latin American History class. I like the information, but the teacher has done nothing but lecture EVERYDAY!....so boring and hard to focus and take notes for sooo long.
-I love my Educational Psychology class. My teacher Dr. Heather Davis is phenomenal! I have never had a teacher that teaches in such a conventional way. She incorporates outside movies, projects, debates, and literature and I often think she is trying to teach me one thing, when really she is trying to teach me something else. She is so smart and I feel like she "messes with our minds" in a way and makes us learn on multiple dimensions...but she does have her Doctorate in ED PSY, so I guess she SHOULD be good at messing with students' minds. Also we have NO exams in her class. The work load is demanding; it requires a lot of reflections and projects. I feel like I am really learning the material because I'm not just craming for an exam!
-I also love my School Politics and Society class. My teacher Dr. Tamara Young (who totally looks exactally like Queen Latifah) is awesome. I enjoy the discussion in her class and we read/discuss topics that are very relevant and necessary for my future profession as an educator (for example: dealing with parents; what are my rights, what are theirs, how to handle "hovering parents", etc.).
-I do like my Spanish class. We mostly just talk and it's not super demanding!
- I also love my Nutrition class. The information is simple and of course totally relevant. I am really really enjoying it!
-I started tutoring this week in my Tutoring Adolecents class. Because I'm in ESL I get to tutor ESL students. I go every Wednesday moring to Garner High School and work with Lisa Huffman the ESL teacher there. I specifically will be working with Ingrid, an ESL student from El Salvador. She is super sweet and speaks basic English. Yesterday when I went the 4 students in the ESL class put on a pupet show about a conflict and then the conflict's resolution. It was fun to learn the different students personalities by watching the production and just fun to be in an ESL classroom setting!
-I also love my ESL class that I'm taking online. Once again it is super relevant. We are learning about teaching diverse populations and the perspectives of learning English as a new language. I am learning so much that I had no idea I needed to know!
wheewww!...that was long
I go to Destino conference in Texas tomorrow and I'm super excited! Happy Valentine's Day to ALL!
