Currently I am trying not to scream in frustration at the top of my lungs. Besides being a special education teacher, I dabble in Casualty and Property insurance. Being a teacher, I have the opportunity to co-exist as both. Anyway, every two years I have to sit in 16 hours of continuing education credits...So, this is my current location....sitting in on a LECTURE of insurance babble. NO videos, NO pictures, NO visuals, NO technology Only the sound of the teachers voice....Now, even though the teacher is a cute little man....I am done listening...He is not even walking around....sitting behind his desk popping Tylenol for back pain. I think he is saying the same thing over and over again.... Every so often there is a wave of laughter throughout the class....I guess so people are able to focus....not me....I am what I teach... Short attention spans and the need to be intrigued. I am so not interested in what is going on....Now, I understand why my students doodle, tap, count ceiling tiles when I am discussing "facts" with them.....I need Pictures, Videos, Charts, Music, Cartoons anything to explain the information without boring them to death. Students, I understand.....I will try and make learning interesting.....I shall not lecture until you want to scream...If I do I am sure you will let me know.......Just SCREAM!
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I think that we have all been there Farryl... and I like to think that the awareness that you felt and how you are able to reflect upon your own instruction is what makes a great teacher...
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