I'm Kanney, if you haven't figured that out already; I'm just an 18 year old girl from California who comes here to talk about life among other things. If you need to contact me for whatever reason then email me at: kanneybby@gmail.com
Monday, February 16, 2009
learning lesson @ 7:19 PM
i'm listening to one of my favorite songs right now. click to hear
but anyways, i've been thinking. i really don't appreciate teachers who can't, won't, and refuse to do their job. they don't have to be all in that order, or even all of them. it's just if teaching's not really your niche then don't pursue it. or if you're just not ready for it, stop, and wait -- come back when you're ready. lol i'm bringing this up because i confronted my teacher about something similar to this in the middle of class some days ago. my intentions weren't to get in her face or anything which is why i kept trying to get her off the mission of trying to figure out my opinion. long story short i ended up telling her. i told her that her lesson plans seem random. i come in to class and today's task is to write an essay (that was actually a scholarship essay prompt ... which taught us .. nothing). next day i come into class we're working on a random story in our interactive reader that isn't relevant to anything. another day we're writing haikus. i understand she's a teacher and i'm not trying to tell her how to do her job. it's just a lot of the things we're attempting to accomplish in that class i don't think are based on English curriculum. i understand you have a passion for American literature -- cool -- that's great. but where is that getting me? i can tell you don't know what you're doing in that class. it's extremely obvious. and just a word of advice; learn the pronunciation of the vocabulary words ahead of time. don't try and teach me something you don't even know how to say. and PLEASE don't give me an oral vocabulary test (in which i have to spell the words) when you can't even say them. and please don't give us the excuse that we shoulda learned them. no YOU should have. lol. i respect you as a person just not as a teacher. your methods are shaky. i know you're discouraged (that's probably not the best thing to tell a student) and change your lesson plans based on the complaints of the BIT seniors. you're our teacher. you're not supposed to bend for us, we're supposed to bend for you. stand on your own two feet and take action. we come to YOUR class to learn. so teach us something. students are supposed to work for their diploma. not have it handed to them. yes, i told her that lol. my friend applauded me lmao -- he says i'm the new Oprah.
but anyways, i've been thinking. i really don't appreciate teachers who can't, won't, and refuse to do their job. they don't have to be all in that order, or even all of them. it's just if teaching's not really your niche then don't pursue it. or if you're just not ready for it, stop, and wait -- come back when you're ready. lol i'm bringing this up because i confronted my teacher about something similar to this in the middle of class some days ago. my intentions weren't to get in her face or anything which is why i kept trying to get her off the mission of trying to figure out my opinion. long story short i ended up telling her. i told her that her lesson plans seem random. i come in to class and today's task is to write an essay (that was actually a scholarship essay prompt ... which taught us .. nothing). next day i come into class we're working on a random story in our interactive reader that isn't relevant to anything. another day we're writing haikus. i understand she's a teacher and i'm not trying to tell her how to do her job. it's just a lot of the things we're attempting to accomplish in that class i don't think are based on English curriculum. i understand you have a passion for American literature -- cool -- that's great. but where is that getting me? i can tell you don't know what you're doing in that class. it's extremely obvious. and just a word of advice; learn the pronunciation of the vocabulary words ahead of time. don't try and teach me something you don't even know how to say. and PLEASE don't give me an oral vocabulary test (in which i have to spell the words) when you can't even say them. and please don't give us the excuse that we shoulda learned them. no YOU should have. lol. i respect you as a person just not as a teacher. your methods are shaky. i know you're discouraged (that's probably not the best thing to tell a student) and change your lesson plans based on the complaints of the BIT seniors. you're our teacher. you're not supposed to bend for us, we're supposed to bend for you. stand on your own two feet and take action. we come to YOUR class to learn. so teach us something. students are supposed to work for their diploma. not have it handed to them. yes, i told her that lol. my friend applauded me lmao -- he says i'm the new Oprah.