Tag: Teaching

til January

It was my intention to blog my experiences as a grad student.  If only life was that simple because since then my husband got a promotion, we have relocated to north Chicago, and just like that I’ve finished my courses and student teaching begins in January.  During that time I’ve mostly blogged poems and book reviews, along with a few likes and new followers.

I don’t know what I’m going to do til January, but I’m thinking of posting a few high school history lesson plans based on Kanye rants. What do you think?

Schools of Thought

The course I’m taking right now reviews the three school of thought for student learning.  Cognitive, Humanistic, and Behavioral. I have to say, I fall into all three.

My passion is for teaching History.  I hate that in my formative years and throughout college I have had only TWO amazing history teachers.  Everyone else was either okay or boring AF.

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Why? Why would a teacher do that to a student?  History is amazing.  History explains why things are the way they are.

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So is Mr. Chesterton saying the students or the teachers are causing utter universal boredom? I’m not sure what happens to teachers that kills their passion of the content, but I am not going to let that happen.  And I sure wont be boring children to death with facts and terms.

christmas scram to cram

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Last week I was very discouraged. I decided to just go for it. If I fall or fail, I will get back up and try again until I reach my goal. With that said, I have just registered to take the NES History Exam. I have four weeks to study, and I am pretty sure I’m going to fail.

I have not taken a history course in over 10 YEARS!

I keep asking myself why I chose to do this. I bought a $50 study guide so we will see. I am afraid of the written portion, what if the topic is something I have very little knowledge of? Let the crunch time begin. Of course, I would be trying to study during the holidays right? Christmas should totally be stress-free.