The reaction that I had about the first day of class was positive for different reasons:
I was glad to see that Dr. Goldstein seems to be very organized, ready to teach this class and friendly, funny and with the right attitude.
As a Montclair student and a foreign student I have to say that you don't get that many professors that act in the same way. Some professors don't even need to speak to show that they don't like to teach, they don't have any clue of what are the main goals to reach with that class that they are teaching and they didn't spend time to get ready the class program.
When I had those kind of teachers I put in my mind that I don't want became just a teacher, a want be one of those that the students can't wait to come to school for, that when they are in class, they love to listen and participate and that they might will take the discuss done in class outside of the classroom. I know it sounds so easy and good but it takes effort to let this happen.
Since I been thinking that I want become a teacher I been looking and studied teachers, good and bad ones because they is a lot to learn just in looking a professor.
Perhaps, this semester I have a teacher that she prepared, she is funny and a person with a great personality but what I see is that even if she has a program to follow, she doesn't follow it and she looks us and tell us that we are tired and bored, so she doesn't finish the program and gives the choice to stay or leave. What I am disappointed is that we have a lot work to do and she let us leave early, the kind of exercises that we do are way too easy and she doesn't challenge us so I wouldn't blame anyone if students get bored. I have a question for you; she said if you have any ideas how to make the class more fun and interesting please email me...
My instinct is to email her and tell her to give a little of challenging homework or exercises where we would spend more than 2 minutes on it, reading, movies anything that after can be discuss in class, then something hits me and I think "What about the rest of the? Does anyone else think the same thing or I should just be quite because I don't want being the most hated girl in the class even because that's a major class and I would see the same people for the next year..."
Well, I know it's hard to be a good teacher and to get the right impression on students but I am ready to work hard and to deserve that grade that I will get at the end of the semester.
In conclusion, I feel I will be a positive experience attending this class and I will get a lot of knowledge from this class and I am so excited to go to Newark because I think it's going to be one of the most greatest experience where I going get to learn a lot from. Once a professor told me "You can learn a lot from books about teaching but there are things that books can't teach you and that you would get only from experiencing teaching" I totally believe is truth and I am ready to learn.
Thursday, September 27, 2007
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