Still Alive!
London was pretty crazy in terms of a first-time teaching experience. Or so we thought. Then we came to Dagang.
Being a Student
Both Andrea and I miss being students. As a teacher, we also really need to understand what it’s like to be a student. In this post, I’m going to explore a little bit of both of these things. Being a Student Life use to be straightforward. Things mostly came down to myself: if I paid…
Canadian vs UK Schools
…is the comparison I would like to make. However, knowing that dependent on the province, city, district, specific school that you’re in, things can be quite different. So perhaps a more specific (and unfortunately less catchy (and therefore not being used)) title is: Tom Baines and Sir Winston Churchill vs. The Warren. Or what I remember…
Not a Girl Scouts’ Camp
This post is probably the most difficult to write because it discusses how teaching in the UK for the past three and a half months has been the opposite of a picnic. Although by the time this post is published, I’ll have survived the first term. And I really do mean survived.
Mission Accomplished: Gladstone Secondary Practicum
My practicum was at Gladstone Secondary School, and to date it has been the most challenging and most difficult task I’ve faced.
Teaching is Learning Spelled Differently
One lunch-period, the vice-principal at our practicum school sat down with us (meaning my practicum cohorts and I, not the royal we) and asked us to come up with a motto that described part of our teaching philosophy. That’s mine, that title right there. Teaching is learning spelled differently. It could totally go on the back…
An Updated Teaching Philosophy
Since my account is apparently ineligible for a Scroll of Resurrection (oh the disappointment!) I have decided to do another productive thing and hopefully enter all you dear readers out there. My teaching philosophy’s changed since I’ve started, and really it’s the result of a bigger picture I hadn’t realized until now.
