I believe Mrs. Williams left an impact on every child who was blessed enough to have her. When compared to a few other teachers I have had, there is a very practical reason why Mrs. Williams sticks out. Her thoughtfulness and cheeriness top the charts. Mrs. Williams has influenced me so greatly that I have decided to become an English teacher. I only hope to be half as great as her.
Harley Hix[->0] From the experiences of others, I always expected college to be a challenge, and now that I have started my education their shared experiences are true. Every person that attended college that I talked to told me that the first year is one of the hardest. Keeping that in mind, it was no surprise that my first semester has been difficult. One of the hardest changes in my life was moving away to college. Now that my first semester is almost over it's been a learning experience for me.
As a freshman, I understood that the rigors of taking 18hrs credit hours of class work would be challenging. I thought I could handle the workload and I still believe that I could have, except that both my paternal grandfather and my maternal grandmother become very ill while I attended Richmond. As my parents first born child, I was extremely close to my grandparents. I became emotionally distraught concerning their conditions and it began to affect my ability to focus on my studies. They each have since passed with cancer, nearly 8 months
Online classes required self determination and a lot time. This is definitely not what I had in mind! Procrastination and grades don’t mix well and the outcome has many consequences. Happiness is hard to achieve when you are always in a rush to finish a task that was supposed to be done weeks or even months before hand. For example I waited all summer to sign up for fall classes and as a result I got stuck with most classes that other students didn’t want to take.
Pete Tarnish was an outstanding teacher who was able to communicate well with his students, care deeply about them, and be a great family man. My eighth grade science and math teacher, Mr. Tarnish, was the most enjoyable teacher I have ever had. Unlike numerous teachers, he made class fun. He had a nonconventional matter of teaching that made his students yearn for more knowledge. He had the ability to relate complex science material into our daily lives.
High School is going to be a pain no matter who your are, but for different reason; I’m frightened because of the decision I have to make to choose the perfect class, learning, and taking notes. Those are my ultimate weaknesses. I cannot decide what classes to do, which will make it harder to learn, which will require notes. One problem, I am horrible at note taking. In High School you need to think about what you might do as an adult, and there are many options with many classes.
I found Educating Esme to be refreshing, honest, intelligent, quick witted, smart and logical. As I was reading the book there were times when my jaw literally dropped and I laughed out loud. Esme is the type of teacher who has so much back bone it might not be good for her; even though she is right most of the time. I was very comforted many times when reading this book for many reasons. Esme begins the book with the most prominent issue facing new teachers; discipline and classroom management.
The work became more vigorous the teachers seemed agitated to be there and my enthusiasm was plummeting at an exponential rate. It seemed that school had changed so much in such a short amount of time. But my point of view changed after entering my 8th grade year of school. Surprisingly, all of my teachers that year managed to bring back the excitement I once had for school. The teachers were exhilarating, helpful and most importantly I could sense that they enjoyed what they were doing.
Every ones talking about cranky teens when in reality we are just over stressed and not getting enough sleep. These days it seems like teachers are having competitions with each other to see who can give the most homework therefore; students are having a hard time doing extracurricular activities and balancing homework all in one night. All of these issues have one cause to blame and that my friend is homework. And that is why as students, we believe that homework should be abolished. Life of a student is a very stressful one, as you drag yourself to school around 7:40 you desperately try to find friends that have completed a large sum of the mound of homework we were given the day before.
Student athlete roles have always been a problem. Some people say these athletes shouldn’t even be in school because their grades aren’t high enough. Others see a more sensitive view of the topic. I experienced this topic first hand from middle school though high school and for about a week of college. I believe it really is a problem.