Sunday, November 18, 2007

Field Experience#1

When I went to the field experience (11-01) we get to asked questions that our colleges wanted to ask after they left.
How does the daily schedule of classes work at the Art high school?
Their daily schedule is the blocks system.
How does the urban environment effect the inside of the school?
They said that Newark is not the violent city that everyone has it is and that students should be worried and that news focus more in the bad thigs that happens instead of the good thigs.
What are students main goals to attend after gratuation?
A lot of students go to college from 151 students, 147 are eccepted to collge and some of important people beome figure of the art in USA.
The field experience was interesting and I got to see what this students are all about, they take school pretty seriuasly and the good thing is that I saw them responsable and having fun about school and learning. The staff is great and I just can't wait to work with them and learn everything that I can. I am really looking foward.

Sunday, November 11, 2007

www.ed.gov

I should start saying that I never visit this site and that if I want become a teacher one day I should start using my time for online research for more interesting and educational information. This is a good site to look up and take knowledge of what is going on in the schools.

I liked the idea that they have the section for students, parents, teachers and administrators. It's good realizing that not only teachers or the administrators are considered in this site but even students and what is important too parents. My parents were always involved with what was going on in my school and I think that helped me being focus on my study and it's important that parents see what is going on beside asking "Did you do your homework?". Some have the privilege, some don't but I believe parents should be more involved with the school.

I went into the section for students and I see that there are links about important topics as drugs, future career, info about college, get involved into the community, looking on the parents section I see information about school laws as NCLB and different issues that parents can have, concerns as knowing if their kids are learning and help kids feel comfortable at school, it also raises problems for Hispanic families. After I looked about the teachers section and I have to say it is a really interesting website that I will definitely come back again and take a deep look about this section because with the fact that I already teach I start seeing that teaching is not all about knowing the subject but is about dealing with kids, of different ages, different races, attitude, problems and even if you can't always being on top of everything alla the times because no one is perfect and make a mistake here and there is normal and human, teach is though and for all those that this that you need to just love kids to do this job are going be very disappointed because there is always something that a teacher can do to make her/his work easier and more interesting for your students. There is to say too that sometimes the adults give more problems than the adult!! Seriously! I liked the website and I believed it is going to come useful and everyone students, parents and teachers.