On a completely different note, it's finals week and I spent 2 hours this morning proctoring the English Final exam. It wasn't as bad as I anticipated, but STILL...proctoring has to be one of the most painful and boring tasks on the face of this earth. Because we're not allowed to do anything except watch the students and walk around from time to time, I've become an expert at creatively keeping myself occupied. First, I made a mental list of all the things I need to buy when I go home for 2 weeks in August. That didn't take too long, so I then started counting how many students were: right-handed, wearing glasses, had slippers, wearing socks, falling asleep. Tomorrow, I'm proctoring another exam, but it's shorter so I think it will be a bit more bearable..and then Thursday is my exam--2 hours of Bio/Chem..good luck students!
Monday, June 27, 2011
Memories and Proctoring.
Yesterday I met up with a grad school friend and we had the chance to catch up over dinner and coffee~ it was weird to think that a year has already passed since the last time we had met up in Cambridge and graduated from HGSE. Catching up with A gave me a chance to reflect on all the blessings and memories from my year in Boston-especially the people God had placed in my life during my time there. And, as I was sitting on the train heading back home last night...I was reminded of the things I had learned about teaching and learning through colleagues, classes, professors. It made me more determined to not become complacent with my teaching pedagogy, curriculum, etc just because things are "working." It is true that everything I learned in grad school was very theoretical at the time--and at certain points, idealistic. But, I'm trying to figure out how I can bridge my practice more with all of the THEORY. Yesterday, I said to A, "I totally agree with the educational philosophy and aims of IB...but it's so hard to put it into practice, especially as a first-year teacher" I think it's a constant battle: bridging and connecting what we believe and expect of our students and about the school environment in general AND realistically what is happening day to day. Anywhoooo, I'm really excited that there are more HGSE alums in Korea now!!
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