WHAT AN
ANECDOTE!!!!
I have
learned many different things in these classes provided by our teachers. I have also learned a lot from my new
friends. We come from different cities and regions of Ecuador. It´s kind of
funny to share experiences from them and learn how to work together, help each
other when we have doubts, telling jokes about the way we talk according to the
place we come from, enjoy our free time and things like that….
Besides, another
thing that I have learned is not to be so anxious and try to do things
quickly While a teacher is explaining an activity to
us, like the one that Delia was explaining The strategy "I do, We do, You do" for creating a blog. As soon as Delia finished
the explanation, my partners who were sitting next to me told me “You said you
didn´t know anything about how to create a blog but now you have it already
done” Another partner assumed that I had it done before. Actually I was just
following the steps because I didn´t pay attention to the instructions. Then I
said “Sorry I thought I had to do it at the same time at the instructor was
explaining. I was completely lost, however I could have completed an activity
that was supposed to be an assignment for the following week. I was so
embarrassed. Sorry for the misunderstanding, Delia.
This kind
of anecdote has helped me to be conscious about situations that our students
may face when they are not paying attention, don´t listen to the instructions
or even when they try to do things quickly.
We as teachers sometimes have students who behave like this. Taking the
role as a student has made me comprehend them in a better way.
Patricio, thank you for your candid post. I appreciate your honesty! You are doing great with the blog - keep it up. I look forward to seeing your personal or professional blog.
ReplyDeleteBeing here in Manhattan Kansas is an experience that we will never forget. Personally I think that I am learning a lot from our instructors here in Kansas State University. I enjoy the classes despite I have work on my assignments and also have to read a lot. I am not a good reader, but I´m tying to do my best so far, because good reading practice helps you to learn a lot, so i want to be trained on reading as well as writing and speaking skills.
ReplyDeleteOne of the classes that I have enjoyed the mos is Culture and Language, that´s because I have been always interested about all the aspects of mankind and the development of societies and cultures.
Topics like race, religion, ethnocentrism, oppression, privileges and so on have made me reflect a lot on how the societies develop different ways of living and these aspects have a remarkable influence in their culture. I would like to help people to be more conscious about many of the aspects that involve culture in order to build up a better society