![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
I made it...
May. 13th, 2004 06:29 pmI gave my two exam classes today and they went well. The uni person came for the second hour and he said it was okay enough to pass. I'll have to flunk my papers if I don't wanna make it this year. Did I think it went okay? Not really. I have the tendency to answer my own questions when no-one answers them. It's bad teacher behaviour. You've gotta give the students the opportunity to shine in class -- boost their confidence. I know I liked it whenever I could say something that the others didn't know. See: I like answering my own questions. I should make everything more concrete. I talk a lot in abstract terms, but I'm always scared I might hurt someone's feelings whenever they open up in class. I was talking about happiness and feeling happy. When do you feel happy? What is the highest form of happyness you can achieve? That kind of stuff. Actually it was better if I just said to them: give me five things that make you happy. Are these mostly things or are they mostly abstract moods/feelings? Why don't I think of things like that when preparing my classes? I also sweeped a lot of stuff under the mat, but that is my way of dealing with something that I don't seem to be able to immediately deal with.
The first hour on the other hand (without the uni person) was bad bad bad. I got little to no response of the students. The whole setup of the class was wrong. It was about nuclear energy and the usage of energy in out society. It started out okay, with my question of what would happen if there was a blackout for several days. I went off that path with the texts I chose. I should have stayed there and maybe went looking for a piece of documentary or something instead of putting two opinions next to each other. That wasn't what they liked. It was easy for me, but if I do this too often in my own classes I'll loose them and it won't be easy to get them back again then.
I'm approved as a teacher. They've looked at me and said I was good enough to make it on my own. I still have to grow and learn, but for these 20 hours: I made it. After today I seem more confident about teaching as a job, but frankly I still don't know if I really want to do it for the rest of my career life.
Now: Give me five things that make you happy. Are these mostly objects or more general moods/sensations?
My answers: boyfriend making me dinner, reading a good book, getting good marks on my exams, laughing, having written a good story.
I think I can add accomplishments with the question, as I've mostly written sensations and accomplishments.
The first hour on the other hand (without the uni person) was bad bad bad. I got little to no response of the students. The whole setup of the class was wrong. It was about nuclear energy and the usage of energy in out society. It started out okay, with my question of what would happen if there was a blackout for several days. I went off that path with the texts I chose. I should have stayed there and maybe went looking for a piece of documentary or something instead of putting two opinions next to each other. That wasn't what they liked. It was easy for me, but if I do this too often in my own classes I'll loose them and it won't be easy to get them back again then.
I'm approved as a teacher. They've looked at me and said I was good enough to make it on my own. I still have to grow and learn, but for these 20 hours: I made it. After today I seem more confident about teaching as a job, but frankly I still don't know if I really want to do it for the rest of my career life.
Now: Give me five things that make you happy. Are these mostly objects or more general moods/sensations?
My answers: boyfriend making me dinner, reading a good book, getting good marks on my exams, laughing, having written a good story.
I think I can add accomplishments with the question, as I've mostly written sensations and accomplishments.
