Man-o-man! I really feel very bad for the student teachers! I never used to... I just usually look at them and think: "How come the regular teacher can't teach, he is SO much better than this... teacher!"
And then, today, I got the chance to BE the student teacher! And now, I feel very, very, very bad for them!
In Mr. Beesons english honors class we each were put into groups of five and we had to plan and prepare an english lesson. It.was.HARD! Beleive me! I never thought teaching would be so hard. You have to do some english, but make it fun. But you have to learn from what you taught, and the activity has to be not boring, make sense, and keep them awake! It is all SO hard!
So we were each given a short story to read. In our case (my group) we had to read the book: The Night the Ghost Got In by James Thurber. I did all the research on the author and taught a little about what a zither is. Which is by the way... a musical instrument that you strum with your fingers :). Haha, little schooling for you there :)
Have you ever tried to write a 55 word short story? I TRIPLE DOG DARE YOU TO TRY IT! It is SO hard! We didn't think having all the students write one would take more than 10 minutes-boy were we wrong!!! It took at least 20 minutes! So... we ran out of time to do the "fun" at the end... which wasn't really fun at all. :)
So as you can see. Student teaching just isn't very fun at all :) It is really very hard and you struggle very muchly. And now, when I look at a student teacher... I feel for them. They've got the hard job!
Think about it--If I had a hard time doing this with 5 people... how on earth can just one person come up with all that stuff? It's just hard to beleive :)
Love,
mwa:)
Oh~~ and HAPPY GROUNDHOG DAY! :) have a good day!!!!!
1 year ago
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Cam, I've often found that the place I learn the most is when I'm in someone else's shoes.
A 55 word short story? I'm going to time myself. Okay, here it goes: Once upon a time there was a young child. This young child happened to have a pet bird named Sam. She LOVED to play with Sam. She would let Sam crawl up her arm and onto her shoulder and up onto her head and she would giggle. One day Sam Died and she was sad.
There ya go girl! In 5 minutes! And that's even with Dad talking to me. Do I get an A?
haha :) nice mom! I loved it! Definatly an A:) haha
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