Some Things Never Change - Personal Narrative
“…the capital of Germany is…, hmm, Nigel”, “Nigel?, Nigel!”, “uh.. Yes
miss!”, “you are not listening again, I said what is the capital of
Germany”.
I am Nigel, I hated my geography teacher, her name was Mrs Wright, and
I guess her personality fit her name like a glove – she was always
right. I hated geography too. She always picked on me in class and I
hated it so much. But I guess, every time it was the same as before, I
was always wrong.
Before I was able to answer the question, another pupil in the class
had already beaten me to it. I looked back behind me, and there he
was, laying back, all smug in his chair. He looked back at me and said
“what you looking at” and added an unnecessary dirty look.
I quickly turned back around and another pupil beside me tapped me on
the shoulder and said “do not be afraid of him, he’s just joking
around”. I tried then to actually start to pay attention to the lesson
then remembered it was geography, so I just gazed around helplessly as
the teacher went on. It was quite a messy room, the walls covered in
large holes with cheap lumpy plaster in them - it was an absolute
state. The plaster was a different colour from the original colour of
the wall; you could spot them from a mile away. The day was dark and
depressing, and I guess the land was still recuperating from the heavy
storm the night before. This added to the look of the room made the
thought of learning seem almost impossible. As I was not listening to
the lesson I had plenty of time to think and I was thinking about the
guy behind me. No not those kinds of thoughts, but it was the way he
really managed to get on my nerves with only a few words. By now I
wanted to look back so bad, like a smoker craving for a cigarette.
Dweck also promotes that a lesson can be something that can something creative that its only purpose is to develop a growth mindset in students. These creative methods can be something so simple as playing a video and followed by class discussion to group discussion about their own thoughts/meanings or a simple game of “Memory” in order to engage students to learn in a fun
at me with those piercing eyes and huge grin. He said, "Oh, I'm just trying to
jaws opened, and he muttered some inarticulate sounds, while a grin wrinkled his cheeks. He
around Tawas about a three hour's drive from our houses, it was the best we could find
Some key points I was able to take away from today’s class time were the following:
th, 1992 that’s when I was born. A big child as my mother would say, maybe that’s because I was almost ten pounds and put her in a great deal of pain. My parents were born in Mexico; they entered this country at a young age. They worked hard and never complained. My mom got married to my dad at nineteen and had my sister at twenty. I was born two years later. I guess I was the correct child since my parents stopped with me.
How would I feel I someone I loved died? It is not a question that most people ask themselves frequently, but it is one that often comes up when they read or hear about a notable person that has passed or was killed, or even just a news story about a woman who lost her son. I had the unfortunate experience of discovering what that felt like firsthand.
The time I accomplished something would have to be ever since I got a job myself, when I told my mom about the job she didn’t like the idea she wanted me to focus on school and helping her out at the house and taking care of my sisters. She wanted me to not worry and just worry about school but I see a lot of people my age working and getting money they earned by working and I got interested myself and for me it didn’t matter where I worked as long as I did.
Thus far in my schooling, I have been to many schools that have all taught me in various ways. At public school, my grades were not the best and now that I am a private schooler, I am learning faster and more efficiently while earning straight A's. School is really enjoyable now that the students are friendlier, teachers are more caring, and I am taught in such a way that best suits my learning abilities.
I believe this helped students to stay on task as they knew exactly how long they had left to complete the activity. Pedagogical Reflection–Teaching strategies: What teaching strategies and resources can be incorporated daily to enhance student
One checked his watch, and trotted merrily off to his next lesson. The other retired to the library for study, settling down under the warm, comforting glow of the lights. His studious endeavours would put him in good stead for the test next lesson. Despite his urgency, the experienced teacher could not help slowing to appreciate the beauty of the day. The gentle warmth and the cool, refreshing breeze invited a kind of joyful lethargy.
When I was younger, I had friends, but I was the person who did not want to dance at birthday parties. I was someone who enjoyed talking to the lunch moms instead of playing on the playground. I was shy and my mom handled everything for me. Until now, I did not know how much work went into raising me. I never knew that there were deadlines to paying bills or that appointments had to be made in advance, but everything changed one morning when I woke up to the blaring sound of my mom’s alarm. I was confused because she was a light sleeper, and I became anxious. I ran into her room, and immediately I knew something was wrong. The death of my mother during the first month of my eighth grade year, as a single event, did not instantly mark my transition to adulthood, but it did change my life forever. My mother died before she was able to watch me graduate middle school, before she was able to teach me how to drive, and before she was able to share all of her wisdom. Her death was the most painful experience I have ever encountered, but I was lucky enough
a creepy old guy waiting for the bus mouthing something to me. I furrow my eyebrows with the
People dont change; we just learn more about who they want to be. I was 11; It was the ending of fall, beginning of winter. My brother was five was at the time and we lived here in small town Cresco. We lived a normal family life. My mom worked at Donaldsons at night and my dad was working at McNeilious. I took care of my brother alot, had to watch, play, and be with him alot. We grew close when we were young. My dad would get home at 5:30 every night and we would have supper. Things were good. Although at night I would hear my parents fight about money, that all my mom cared about. She didnt care for anything else. It came to November 2nd, 2011 my moms birthday. I was making pancakes for her and she was in the shower and getting ready for
My time observing was not only educational for me on how to become the teacher I desire to be, but as well as how to better myself as a student and improve my own learning. I observed some wonderful learning tools that I have since implemented into my own education to develop my own learning.