To teach, to listen, to learn
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ceitfiannaLast night my group's presentation went incredibly well. Four of our clients showed up and were really into what we were saying. I had a touch of nerves that I think helped since I had those fun jitters I get during a performance I love. Then our professor who is the lady I complained about before said she'd take us out to drinks. Out of the entire class, only six of us went with her and then her husband joined us. It was quite surreal but I got free beer and a tasty duck dish as I was the only one who thought to order food. Then I realized another reason I really don't like this prof and that her husband is the same one.
They're academics/business people who think the way to fix education is to reinvent the wheel according to their plan. The husband's a historian and has some ideas for history simulations and getting students into the primary sources, but he has the problem that I've known game runners to have, he has his idea and things should fit it. A brilliant student might think of something unexpected but that shouldn't be planned or allowed for and they didn't seem to acknowledge that there are some good public schools out there. Trust teachers, they don't like how things are either and snooty academics aren't going to make them happy. This is what made me grumble when I got back because I knew they didn't really hear me at all. She's writing a book about helping to create a school of the future so I honestly didn't have a shot. It just made me so sad, because they don't get it. Teaching is hard and requires the teacher to change and shift for their students. Because this professor didn't do that once this semester, she's going to be amazed at how harsh her evaluations are. She's a nice woman and her husband is interesting but they've got a lot to learn about teaching but I don't think they know it. I keep realizing that most of the professors I grew up around at Swarthmore and ones I knew at Randy-Mac were just so good. Whenever I meet professors who don't get teaching, it surprises me as I grew up around teachers. One things I'm so grateful to SI for teaching me is how much I still have to learn and how much I want to learn. As a librarian, I'm in a place where I can and I plan on it. I don't know what kind of library or job I'm going to end up with but I will do what I can to learn and learn and foster learning.
My lease stuff for the end of the summer still isn't sorted but I'm going to stop in at the office on Friday and talk to them. I slept in deliciously late and then as I was getting dressed was called by them going so are you reupping? That didn't help, I've made it quite clear why I'm stuck to them and they've yet to provide a good compromise. Either I have a weird four month lease and my rent goes up by more than half or I sign another yearly lease. I don't know what my job prospects will be in August but damn it, I'm going to my brother's wedding and that requires me to not be moving out on August 25th.
Tomorrow's probably going to be my last full day working at America Reads as I tie up some loose ends and I'm looking forward to it. The weather actually feels more like Spring, it keeps raining but its in the 50s and 60s. Life is moving forward and I think I'm going to be ready for it. I get to have a little breath this weekend as I don't work on Sunday, have class on Monday or I think work on Tuesday. Oh and in annoying news, it turns out I missed my chance to see the National Theater's Frankenstein, it played on April 6th. I found this out by picking up a brochure at the theater where it had played and reading it. That's annoying but there are movies coming out I want to see and I do have time to now.
Later tonight or tomorrow I might put up a prompt meme as I'm in the mood to write, but I haven't found the right one yet. Also I will be posting my Milliways' paper soon, I just need to figure out the best way to do it.
They're academics/business people who think the way to fix education is to reinvent the wheel according to their plan. The husband's a historian and has some ideas for history simulations and getting students into the primary sources, but he has the problem that I've known game runners to have, he has his idea and things should fit it. A brilliant student might think of something unexpected but that shouldn't be planned or allowed for and they didn't seem to acknowledge that there are some good public schools out there. Trust teachers, they don't like how things are either and snooty academics aren't going to make them happy. This is what made me grumble when I got back because I knew they didn't really hear me at all. She's writing a book about helping to create a school of the future so I honestly didn't have a shot. It just made me so sad, because they don't get it. Teaching is hard and requires the teacher to change and shift for their students. Because this professor didn't do that once this semester, she's going to be amazed at how harsh her evaluations are. She's a nice woman and her husband is interesting but they've got a lot to learn about teaching but I don't think they know it. I keep realizing that most of the professors I grew up around at Swarthmore and ones I knew at Randy-Mac were just so good. Whenever I meet professors who don't get teaching, it surprises me as I grew up around teachers. One things I'm so grateful to SI for teaching me is how much I still have to learn and how much I want to learn. As a librarian, I'm in a place where I can and I plan on it. I don't know what kind of library or job I'm going to end up with but I will do what I can to learn and learn and foster learning.
My lease stuff for the end of the summer still isn't sorted but I'm going to stop in at the office on Friday and talk to them. I slept in deliciously late and then as I was getting dressed was called by them going so are you reupping? That didn't help, I've made it quite clear why I'm stuck to them and they've yet to provide a good compromise. Either I have a weird four month lease and my rent goes up by more than half or I sign another yearly lease. I don't know what my job prospects will be in August but damn it, I'm going to my brother's wedding and that requires me to not be moving out on August 25th.
Tomorrow's probably going to be my last full day working at America Reads as I tie up some loose ends and I'm looking forward to it. The weather actually feels more like Spring, it keeps raining but its in the 50s and 60s. Life is moving forward and I think I'm going to be ready for it. I get to have a little breath this weekend as I don't work on Sunday, have class on Monday or I think work on Tuesday. Oh and in annoying news, it turns out I missed my chance to see the National Theater's Frankenstein, it played on April 6th. I found this out by picking up a brochure at the theater where it had played and reading it. That's annoying but there are movies coming out I want to see and I do have time to now.
Later tonight or tomorrow I might put up a prompt meme as I'm in the mood to write, but I haven't found the right one yet. Also I will be posting my Milliways' paper soon, I just need to figure out the best way to do it.
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Date: 2011-04-30 03:23 am (UTC)I guess that means I can spend my money on ridculous movies like "Dylan Dog".
Good luck on the apartment stuff. :)
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Date: 2011-04-30 03:28 am (UTC)I ended up renewing my lease for another year, it was the best choice of bad ones.