Rather than the typical I-Cannot-Believe-My-First-Year-of-College-is-Over post, I would like to share my thoughts and concepts from classes that I believe changed my perspective on education. The Craft of Teaching, Politics and Public Education and Learning about Learning: Classrooms in Context are three classes that deeply influenced the thoughts in this post. What constitutes good teaching?…
The first semester of college is over. Honestly, I do not know how I feel about it. My first semester was filled with fun, excitement, satisfaction and disappointment. An overall experience, I find myself enjoying every bit of college, even the academic struggles and challenges of writing multiple papers at once. I have met some…
First Thanksgiving at college! Unfortunately, I will not be returning home for this extended weekend. However, a majority of the people I know are, leaving me and one other person the only people on my floor. The library is closed on Thanksgiving, so doing my research paper using non-digital sources is going to be impossible.…
College. Yes, summer is over and now I have to accept the fact that once again there will be homework. Then again, I had a summer reading assignment, which turned into summer homework because I procrastinated. The purpose of the assignment is to provide “common intellectual experiences that introduces them to the University and to…