Hi! My name is Nora Jerrett and I am a new sophomore at RMHS. In my opinion, things that make a teacher great are things that a student can use to his or her advantage not only within the classroom, but also while at home. Throughout my experience, things learned through interactive lessons such as games or even notes thoroughly discussed in class have stuck with me more than things learned in lectures and excessive note taking. Also, some of the things that have helped me the most throughout my years in school are things learned when I was one on one with a teacher before or after school, where I can openly ask them questions on certain areas of discussion. However, taking notes is inevitable, and when we do take notes it really helps to review them in class so I don't just end up forgetting the information I just wrote down. In eighth grade, my English teacher, Mr.James, used real life examples to help teach us lessons, such as how he told us a story of his childhood to teach us suspense, which really helped us because i showed us how to make school to life connections. Last year, my history teacher, Ms.Gleason kept us interested by giving us daily in-class projects that required us to work from our own minds rather than a sheet of directions, though it did get a bit overwhelming at times. Also last year, my Spanish teacher, Sr.Binaghi made us act out new vocabulary words to we'd remember them better, and also made good relationships with all of his students and made his classroom feel like a safe environment to be open and make mistakes. Of all these teachers, they gave me both positive and negative feedback to help me improve, made class exciting and not a burden to walk into every day, and were open to helping me not only during class but also before or after school, and I would be very thankful if you would as well.
http://passageworks.org/integrated-curriculum-honoring-the-inner-life-in-academic-content/
John Green's Video:
After watching John Green's video, I must say I do agree with him that it is my duty to use my education to do great things. Personally, I would like to pursue a career in the medical field, and without the resources such as smart boards, libraries, computers, and text books provided to me by my community's tax dollars, that would never even be an option. My goal is to have an appealing list of extra curriculars such as sports, clubs, and of course a good GPA, and everything I need to achieve that goal is provided to me by the money given by my neighbors. I know that mandatory is a very new, and amazing gift and I have no intention of getting distracted and putting that money to waste.
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