Another brick in the wall (part 2)
We don't need no education
We don't need no thought control
No dark sarcasm in the classroom
Teachers leave the kids alone
Hey teacher leave us kids alone
All in all it's just another brick in the wall
All in all you're just another brick in the wall
(chorus at end by pupils from the Fourth Form Music Class Islington Green School, London)
We don't need no education
We don't need no thought control
No dark sarcasm in the classroom
Teachers leave the kids alone
Hey teacher leave us kids alone
All in all you're just another brick in the wall
All in all you're just another brick in the wall
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Another Brick in the Wall
All this talk of how teachers need to loosen up and chill out in the
classroom (like I said in class) reminds me of Pink Floyd's "Another
Brick in the Wall." So I looked up the video onyoutube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tC0g-x9_NxY
so listen to the words and check it out :)
classroom (like I said in class) reminds me of Pink Floyd's "Another
Brick in the Wall." So I looked up the video onyoutube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tC0g-x9_NxY
so listen to the words and check it out :)
The 3 o' Clock Conference
The last conference was with the author. We talked about her book and how she would feel about it being put into a movie. We talked about the protagonist of her book and how she basically came to be. She mentioned her two favorite authors, one which is mine, Jeanette Winterson, which I thought was really neat. I asked her which book of Winterson's was her favorite, which was "The Passion." Definitely my favorite of Winterson's as well which was just a kewl, minor, connection to an infamous author.
The statement that stood out to me when she said it was something that had to be written down and shared with this class: "Choose your own path and don't let anyone choose it for you." I liked when she said this because it comes close to signifying my own sense of self. I like to march to the beat of my own drum. I am not one to go along with what others say and do, i do what i like; I do indeed choose my own path.
The statement that stood out to me when she said it was something that had to be written down and shared with this class: "Choose your own path and don't let anyone choose it for you." I liked when she said this because it comes close to signifying my own sense of self. I like to march to the beat of my own drum. I am not one to go along with what others say and do, i do what i like; I do indeed choose my own path.
The English Conference
At the English Conference I went to the last two mini conferences. These meetings were undoubtedly eye openers to what is being done right this instant in the classroom! The way these two women conduct their classes is in an ideal performance. TIME was strongly emphasized. There needs to always be a time to read and a time to write. It seemed that the content of what their students would read would be trivial-- and of course it would be! As long as kids are utilizing time to read, what more could a teacher really ask for? They made a clear point that not every kid is going to want/ enjoy "To Kill a Mockingbird." Sometimes the reading level isn't even up to that level. Once again, as long as their students were reading was the vital point. When it came to writing, it didn't seem to matter what they wrote about either. As long as their students were writing, this was the other vital point. With the reading it was said to lead to increased speed and a gaining of vocabulary.
These two women talked about how they tell their students to read at least 2 1/2 hours outside of class. By doing this, their students have OWNERSHIP of their readings. Owndership to students leads to choices. The choices lead to a navigation of unknown text. They get to pick out their own books and creat their own stamina, different tools, and stratgeies. When asked how they monitored this, the answer was book marks and sometimes a set of vocab words from the choice of books. Friday would revolve around a reader response day or even a book club (sounded like what we had in 374).
One of the best things said in this conference was how Jen, one of the teachers, said that she feels like a student in her own class. She leanrs something everyday. By having students share in class this leads to each individual kid using each other. Social connections come from the books that each kid reads. And the most influential statement wwas how the social connections don't stop with the kids but leak into the teacher.
These two women talked about how they tell their students to read at least 2 1/2 hours outside of class. By doing this, their students have OWNERSHIP of their readings. Owndership to students leads to choices. The choices lead to a navigation of unknown text. They get to pick out their own books and creat their own stamina, different tools, and stratgeies. When asked how they monitored this, the answer was book marks and sometimes a set of vocab words from the choice of books. Friday would revolve around a reader response day or even a book club (sounded like what we had in 374).
One of the best things said in this conference was how Jen, one of the teachers, said that she feels like a student in her own class. She leanrs something everyday. By having students share in class this leads to each individual kid using each other. Social connections come from the books that each kid reads. And the most influential statement wwas how the social connections don't stop with the kids but leak into the teacher.
Welcome Back!
Hey,
Hope everybody's spring break went well! Hopefully many of you were in the warmth and sun. My team and I went to West Palm Beach where we had our first two games. We won them both, are 2-0, and have a game vs. Ithaca tomorrow. I wanted to share that over the break I read Augusten Burroughs "Possible Side Effects." Hilarious and a very similar idea to his book "Magical Thinking." I also bought a book from Borders with all of Dali's paintings and an explanation for each one, so I am excited to continue reading that.
I wanted to share something I heard at the airport during our 3 hour layover. I was in a Borders yet again and a man was purchasing a book and he received 50% off his next purchase. He asks the man who actually seemed possibly to be the manager, "Why would you guys do that?"-- meaning why would I buy this book and receive 50% off my next purchase. The possible manager's response was something that would have made this class very happy: "Because we are encouraging people to read more." Pretty nice huh? Thought this class would appreciate that. Hope everyone is doing well, see you later on.
Hope everybody's spring break went well! Hopefully many of you were in the warmth and sun. My team and I went to West Palm Beach where we had our first two games. We won them both, are 2-0, and have a game vs. Ithaca tomorrow. I wanted to share that over the break I read Augusten Burroughs "Possible Side Effects." Hilarious and a very similar idea to his book "Magical Thinking." I also bought a book from Borders with all of Dali's paintings and an explanation for each one, so I am excited to continue reading that.
I wanted to share something I heard at the airport during our 3 hour layover. I was in a Borders yet again and a man was purchasing a book and he received 50% off his next purchase. He asks the man who actually seemed possibly to be the manager, "Why would you guys do that?"-- meaning why would I buy this book and receive 50% off my next purchase. The possible manager's response was something that would have made this class very happy: "Because we are encouraging people to read more." Pretty nice huh? Thought this class would appreciate that. Hope everyone is doing well, see you later on.
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