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From balancing your course load to forging relationships with classmates to extracurricular involvement, these are the tried and true methods to nail your career as a student.
Teacher King's English Speaking Lesson: Jobs
Learn the words 1. doctor 2. chef 3. nurse 4. police officer 5. taxi driver 6. teacher 7. farmer 8. salesclerk 9. firefighter
Kevin L. KingPublished 4 years ago in EducationThe Plattsburgh Bookend to My Freshman Year Walk of Shame Appearance
I began my computer science degree by executing a simple program. My code was to read in a series of grades, sort the list and compute the average. At the time, the assignment seemed monumental and had me on serious edge. But the numbers scrolling down the screen by week’s end, I knew I would eventually graduate, and I celebrated with a rather odd appearance on the Plattsburgh walk of shame. However, the actual proof that I could finish what I started came five years later. A moment of truth that revealed itself in one last program.
Rich MonettiPublished 4 years ago in EducationTeacher King's English Speaking Lesson: Shapes
Learn the words 1. square 2. circle 3. triangle 4. oval 5. diamond 6. star 7. rectangle 8. octagon 9. heart 10. pentagon
Kevin L. KingPublished 4 years ago in EducationTeacher King's English Speaking Lesson: My family
Learn the words 1. grandmother 2. grandfather 3. baby sister 4. baby brother 5. aunt 6. uncle 7. sister 8. brother
Kevin L. KingPublished 4 years ago in EducationI am grateful for....
The past year has been extremely life changing for everyone, myself included. I have lost a number of jobs and was homeless at one point due to different factors. In august, I started my first year of college. The decision to start college has been learning lesson after learning lesson, literally and figuratively. I learn in the classroom, well, zoom meeting, and I also learn about myself outside of the classroom. College has taught me what my limits are and what I can push myself to do when I have determination and drive.
Destiny ChristensenPublished 4 years ago in EducationWhat Distance Learning Has Taught Me
On March 13, 2020, I left school thinking I would be gone for two weeks. We would enjoy a nice little break while the world healed itself and then we would be back and ready to get started again. Now, over 9 months later, I have had to do a lot of reevaluating. I have taught in the same school for about 8 years. I have seen students go from Kindergarten to Middle School, seen whole families pass through, and grown to love my little community. While no school is perfect, I truly love where I work. Not being able to see my students and their families every day has been very challenging. I thrive off of my interactions with students, seeing them get excited about what we are learning, hearing their feedback and ideas when we are creating something together. And while I do get to see my students on the computer screen, there is definitely something that has been lost. The connection feels hollow and I very rarely see excitement. If students show up to my class, only about half of them do regularly, they are just going through the motions. They are sitting at a computer screen all day so nothing seems new and exciting anymore. They view my class as a long, boring, YouTube video that they can't click out of without fear of failing. I try to make it interesting. I ask questions, try to get them talking, create opportunities for them to be the center of attention. But it's not the same. And they know it's not the same. For the first few weeks of Distance Learning, I was breaking my back trying to think of new and interesting ways to get their attention. I was staying up late every night trying to create something that would finally engage students and get them begging to come to my class. Some of these worked, most of them didn't. I will still try every day to create a class worth coming to, one that is led and centered around my students. But the lesson that Distance Learning has taught me, the teacher, is that my job is to create the learning opportunities, but I cannot make them learn. It is my job to provide as many opportunities as possible for students to engage with learning and have fun with it but once it is in their hands it is out of my control. It is not a failing on my part if students do not complete their work if I have truly done everything in my power to reach them. That is definitely something I am still learning, and reminding myself of every day, but it is getting easier. If you are a teacher out there teaching through a computer screen, please know that I am with you. I know how hard you are working. Remember to create as many opportunities for your students to learn as possible and then remember to let it go. "You can lead a horse to water, but you cannot make them drink."
Emily FarrellPublished 4 years ago in EducationTeacher King's English Speaking Lesson: In the classroom
Learn the words 1. chair 6. globe 2. desk 7. clock 3. blackboard 8. book 4. whiteboard 9. bookshelf
Kevin L. KingPublished 4 years ago in EducationMaking a Connection with Troubled Children
I was somewhat nervous and apprehensive about my first day of my internship. I was not informed of what child I was going to be working with. I was not aware of the people that I was going to be working with. All I knew was my supervisor. I had an interview with him the week prior and was told over the weekend that I secured myself a position at the Elementary School that I was hoping for. The morning finally came. I woke up early, had breakfast, showered, and headed out before I needed to. I wanted to be damn sure that I got there at lease 15 minutes before I had to. I wanted to impress my colleagues and supervisor right from the start and make a very profession first impression on them. When I arrived at the school I greeted my supervisor and he introduced me to the teacher that I was going to be working with. The teacher was kind and friendly but also apprehensive about me. Which made sense as I was working in her class with her students and she has not yet seen what I can do . The 9am bell rang and all the students started to fall into the school. I was waiting outside the classroom that I was going to be working in and then I saw my supervisor walking with a young 8 year old boy. He was short for his age, slightly pudgy, blue eyes and blond air. My supervisor introduced me to him. "Mr. Logan I would like you to meet DJ" my supervisor said. I bent down on one knee so I can look at him on an equal eye level for his comfort. I said with a friendly tone " Hi DJ, its great to meet you". He looked at me with an suspicious look on his face. He did't respond and walked right passed me and walked into class, threw his bag on the floor, sat down and put his head on his desk. My supervisor turned to me and said "Give him time he will open up at some point, he is a hard to warm up to new people kind of a child. My supervisor explained to me that many adults in the school tried making a connection with and attempting to improve his behavior but nothing has worked so far. I was told that he lost his mother and brother a year earlier and it was only his Dad now struggling to raise him. Since that incident a year ago he has emotionally shut down from people. The staff in the school have somewhat given up on him because they have other children that they must attend to and they can cannot give all their energy time and attention to this one child. I was unsure of how to approach the situation based on all the information my supervisor provided me. So I did the first thing I knew how to do, and that is make an emotional connection. I approached young DJ and just began talking to him. I began asking him questions which he did not respond to. I made it clear to him that he did not have to talk to me if he did want to. He did not pull away he just sat that there not making any eye contact with me as I spoke. This went on for a couple of weeks. It was very difficult to see if there was any kind of connection that has been built with him. There was not any words being spoken from him. About 3 weeks into my internship I was having a discussion with my supervisor. We were discussing DJ's progress and what we can do better to establish a repore with him. As we were speaking to each other DJ walked down the hall to the gymnasium. As he passed myself and my supervisor he extended his arm and gave me a friendly and affection pat on my shoulder and said "Hi, Logan". My supervisor looked at me astonished. He said " Oh my God you connected with him". "I did?" I replied "Yes you sure did" said my supervisor. He explained to me that that small little gesture of patting me on the shoulder and saying hi to me may not seem so significant from other children but from DJ that small gesture mean a lot. It signified that I succeeding at establishing a connection with him. All the talking to him and spending time with him that I did in the past 3 weeks paid off. From our perspective Dj appeared to be disconnected, standoffish, and emotionally detached from me, however we were unaware of what was actually happening inside his head and how we were making him feel even though he was not showing it. Days later DJ was having a difficult time getting his work done in class. He had his head down ion his desk and looked like he did not sleep well the night before. The teachers went over to him and took a knee beside his desk and ask him what was wrong. DJ did not reply. The teacher ask him open ended question in an attempt to open him up but to no avail. The teacher then ask DJ "Is there anyone you would like to speak with DJ?" DJ replied in a soft voice. " Yes, I would like to speak with Mr. Logan.". Emotional connection was achieved. To be continued.
Logan RiderPublished 4 years ago in EducationExperiences of Studying Overseas
I decided to study overseas when I was 16 years old. I was super excited when I got the offer from a high school in Australia. I accepted the offer without a second thought. Till now, I have been studying overseas for more than 6 years. I just completed my bachelor degree at University of Adelaide two weeks ago. I had been through the sweets and bitters from this journey.
Jennie CheungPublished 4 years ago in Education"Aim for Excellence, Not Perfection"
When I was in grade 4, I remember being given a standardized test. We were told it was happening in advance but none of my classmates, myself included, knew what it was for. I remember being one of the first to finish this multiple- choice test, and a couple weeks later, was brought out of class with about ten other peers. We were given another test to complete. As we all glanced nervously at each other, the teacher told us that we all scored the highest on the test, which is why we were selected for the second round. Feeling more confident, we all sat down and wrote test number 2.
Kristen FontainePublished 4 years ago in EducationB’s & CUPCAKES
I remember back in fifth grade Rita Ma’am used to give all of us a home-work which was to write one page of any text in Hindi. The purpose of this was to improve our handwriting. Most of the kids copied the same text from the day before, which was the text from the day before, which again was the text from the day before and so on. But for me it was a place where I could showcase what I was currently reading, the new words I learnt, my thoughts on everything under the sun – basically a dark academia journal.
How Covid-19 is Ruining Education
As an educator, friend and family member of fellow educators, and long-time student, I have a unique firsthand glimpse into the education system that exists because of Covid-19. There isn't a question in my mind about the fact that the American education was already utterly horrifying. But the distance learning our schools have adopted recently is an abhorrently pathetic excuse for education.