Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Summer '09
This is summer has been a crazy one so far. From getting ready to go to college to working in several places. One summer job that I am really thankful that I got was working at my school as a tutor as a Spanish teacher. Spanish is my first language but I have lived here so long that I get all tongue twisted. However, Dudley Johnson told me that I all they are going to do is use the a program called Rosetta Stone to learn Spanish. The first days I saw that the kids were really bored and didn't want to be there. I knew that learning Spanish isn't just about listening, so the next day I came with a couple games that I knew that could help them with their Spanish. Now, every so often I bring in a movie and we watch it Spanish but with English subtitles. Ann Hooper, a tenth grader, was telling me how much she liked playing that games that we should do them more often. I then talk to Alexander Sliverman and heard what he thought about what he thought. He thought that it is very boring but that he enjoys the games because it gets him to do something other than being on the computer.
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Why do We Need Math?
Why do Need to Know Math?
I personally love math, but there is a reason why I love it. Math isn't like any other subject that we get taught in school. Math teaches you how to look at things from a different angle and how to think logically. This is something that we need on day-to-day basis. That's really why I love math, you get taught really world skills; that is something that you don't get taught in English, History, or Science.
In my school, its really different on how to teach it here. For example, we don't have text books, so you really can't refer back to that resource. But we do have our notes. I think that is better than a textbook because they are in words that only you understand because you wrote them down. The best part is that that if you don't understand something you can also refer back to the teacher, or the person that gave you the notes. Also, I think that Peer Teaching is a great thing because students are friends with other students and somehow they understand better than the teacher does.
I personally love math, but there is a reason why I love it. Math isn't like any other subject that we get taught in school. Math teaches you how to look at things from a different angle and how to think logically. This is something that we need on day-to-day basis. That's really why I love math, you get taught really world skills; that is something that you don't get taught in English, History, or Science.
In my school, its really different on how to teach it here. For example, we don't have text books, so you really can't refer back to that resource. But we do have our notes. I think that is better than a textbook because they are in words that only you understand because you wrote them down. The best part is that that if you don't understand something you can also refer back to the teacher, or the person that gave you the notes. Also, I think that Peer Teaching is a great thing because students are friends with other students and somehow they understand better than the teacher does.
A Musical Way of Learning Math
Jack Hoff
The one child that had difficulty with focusing was Jack Hoff. Jack Hoff is a freshman at my school and he just didn't understand math. Jack really made me think of ways to improve my explanation skills along with my interaction skills. I knew that he really loved music and that's when I started to relate more towards him than other students. I love to listen to music, even when I am studying, I'll listen to music because it helps me concentrate in what I'm doing. Everyday, Jack and I would reach for a packet to do and listen to music while I was explaining it to him. To prove that he was really listening and not just fooling around. I had him explain it to me how he would do it. We did 4 out of the 5 packets that we needed to do, but the important thing was that he understood how to math.
The one child that had difficulty with focusing was Jack Hoff. Jack Hoff is a freshman at my school and he just didn't understand math. Jack really made me think of ways to improve my explanation skills along with my interaction skills. I knew that he really loved music and that's when I started to relate more towards him than other students. I love to listen to music, even when I am studying, I'll listen to music because it helps me concentrate in what I'm doing. Everyday, Jack and I would reach for a packet to do and listen to music while I was explaining it to him. To prove that he was really listening and not just fooling around. I had him explain it to me how he would do it. We did 4 out of the 5 packets that we needed to do, but the important thing was that he understood how to math.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Spring Break '09, OWW
Spring of 2009.
Normally I would go on a trip but this year I decided to stay and work with students. I didn't want to do something that I didn't want to do and be a follower so I decided to do my route. Dudley Johnson is my school's Resources Specialist and he knew that I was interested in doing some tutoring. About a week before Spring Break started, I got assigned what I needed to do. I was going to be tutoring a total of 6 kids raising their grades in math. I was in Eleventh Grade at the time so I thought this was going to give me a good feel on how to help others in math. The kids that I was going to be tutoring were ninth graders and they felt a little intimidated because I was helping them. By the end of the week, they all felt very comfortable in talking to me not only about their problems for math but in their personal lives too.
Normally I would go on a trip but this year I decided to stay and work with students. I didn't want to do something that I didn't want to do and be a follower so I decided to do my route. Dudley Johnson is my school's Resources Specialist and he knew that I was interested in doing some tutoring. About a week before Spring Break started, I got assigned what I needed to do. I was going to be tutoring a total of 6 kids raising their grades in math. I was in Eleventh Grade at the time so I thought this was going to give me a good feel on how to help others in math. The kids that I was going to be tutoring were ninth graders and they felt a little intimidated because I was helping them. By the end of the week, they all felt very comfortable in talking to me not only about their problems for math but in their personal lives too.
Spring Break '08
At my school, its pretty much like a Work now, Play later metaphor and I am totally in agreement with it because that's mainly how I work. I know that if I work hard and finish early then I have more fun later. In my school, we have something called One World Week. One World Week (OWW) is one week were we get to learn about other cultures around the world. We do this by traveling to the places that we want to learn about. For example, last year I went to Florida for a week, there I learned about the ocean and the animals that are in danger. This is how I got started to look for a career in Marine Biology. I just loved to know that I am doing something to change the world a little better, even if I am one person. I can still make a difference.
High School Working Life
Hello Everyone and welcome to my blog.
In my school, there is such a thing called Internship and this gives the students a view on how to balance school and work, and make real world connections. For my internship last year, I decided to do mine at Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute. I picked this internship because at the time I wanted to study marine biology because that same year I went to Florida and I just loved being in the water and seeing the animals in their natural habitat. This internship taught me how things work in the real world, and how to balance my work life with my school life, and my personal life. It was a challenge to keep all these things together but at the end of the internship, I was glad I went through it because it taught me that I should work somewhere were I love to go to everyday. Otherwise, whats the point of even going to work if you don't like it. That's when I realized that my real passion is, Flim making and Helping others succeed.
Flimmaking has always been a passion of mine since I was a little. Helping Others Succeed is something that I think makes a huge impact on the person that I am helping, which is why I am doing summer internship.
In my school, there is such a thing called Internship and this gives the students a view on how to balance school and work, and make real world connections. For my internship last year, I decided to do mine at Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute. I picked this internship because at the time I wanted to study marine biology because that same year I went to Florida and I just loved being in the water and seeing the animals in their natural habitat. This internship taught me how things work in the real world, and how to balance my work life with my school life, and my personal life. It was a challenge to keep all these things together but at the end of the internship, I was glad I went through it because it taught me that I should work somewhere were I love to go to everyday. Otherwise, whats the point of even going to work if you don't like it. That's when I realized that my real passion is, Flim making and Helping others succeed.
Flimmaking has always been a passion of mine since I was a little. Helping Others Succeed is something that I think makes a huge impact on the person that I am helping, which is why I am doing summer internship.
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