handwritten on March 5, 2017
And I paid a visit(Well, it's possible I missed it)It seemed different,Yet exactly the same
Someone once told me...the grass was much greener....on the other side. For me, I have come to realize that "the other side" is not changing my career, my volunteer opportunties, my friendships. "The other side" is appreciating something new or different from my everyday routine. I don't get much time to visit "my other side" anytime other than the weekend. However, on the weekends, I try to visit my side in a different way. I paid a visit and traveled to the other side this weekend by attending a Chinese Dance show . . .
The show was different, absolutely. I got to see one of my own student...
handwritten on March 4, 2017
This journal entry is part two in my "someone once told me the grass was much greener...right where you are."
It was after teaching flute lessons on Thursday that I felt the grass I was standing on grow greener at my feet. Then when I was coming back home, a song came on the radio and the lyrics "Everyone's got to find that something to hold on to." So I came to the realization that the "something" I continue to hold onto is music. It's not a profession but it has served as a way for me to connect with students in a different community and have a way to communicate with one another.
Fake Milk. Fake milk? That's what we talked about during the middle of our flute lesson on Thursday. Two of...
handwritten on March 1, 2017
As we begin this season before Easter, I always challenge myself to better myself in some way. This year, I have found that I am going to blog once a day about everyday novelties I forget to reflect upon in the everyday hustle and bustle of life. My blog is entitled "Someone Once Told Me The Grass Was Much Greener....Right Where I am."
I am someone who constantly looks towards the future. In the future, how can I change this? In the future, where will I be? What will I be doing? Will I work with different people? How will I get there? We constantly look for the greener grass only to find that, the grass we have in front of us is the grass we should be thinking about because that is where...
handwritten on February 20, 2017
I have heard from many individuals that "science and history" are becoming lost in this intense drive towards making sure students are competent in both math and reading. However, I think we have to look at our approach to Science and History differently. Our focus seems to remain quite heavily on proficiency in math, reading and writing. However, there are multiple opportunities throughout the day to be incorporating history and science into multiple different area of learning. I have found that one of the best ways to teach history is through reading rich historical material that is engaging and interesting to the students. I recently chose a novel for my novel study group entitled Riding...
handwritten on August 21, 2016
Sometimes, as teachers, we should stop and think, "Am I creating an atmosphere of motivation within the classroom?" Some teachers argue, "It doesn't matter if they don't find the topic interesting, they can't be interested all the time." It is a fact, that there will be classes you are asked to take and things that you are asked to do that may not be "interesting" or "magical" but you will have to do them. However, I can guarentee that a lesson on inferencing may become much brighter if an article about Michael Phelps is presented instead of an article about crickets. A lesson on character traits may become much brighter if a short story is read about an individual, age 8, is changing the...
