I have no idea what topic I want to write for position paper. We are given two books as choices to write our position paper.
After pondering for an hour, I decide to write on Mukundan’s “The Merry Maid”. I love this story so much. The writer portrays the mother’s love through the character, Lakshmi and the Datin. The Datin treats Lakshmi as her own daughter without being prejudice although Lakshmi is not Malay. An Indian girl is adopted and raised up in a Malay family. They live as a family!
Besides, Lakshmi’s love towards her daughter, Sakinah is presented greatly. At the end of this story, Lakshmi decides not to fight her right as the biological mother of Sakinah as she knows Sakinah can live in a better condition at Datin’s place. Although she wants so much her daughter to stay at her side, she thinks to give the best to her daughter!
I like this short story so much~~~
Sunday, October 3, 2010
~Second Draft~
I have spent my whole day doing my second draft. It’s really challenging for me! I have cracked my head to think of the implication of the political theme in Ibsen’s “Enemy of the people” in my future class.
Finally, I come out with the idea that the play exposes students to the corruption of the majority power and helps to instill political awareness among students.
I provide some suggestions on how teachers teach the play in order to inculcate awareness among students of their responsibility in politics. Teachers have to stress on the importance of being a wise and smart citizen.
These are my implication and I will submit my second draft to my supervisor tomorrow.
Finally, I come out with the idea that the play exposes students to the corruption of the majority power and helps to instill political awareness among students.
I provide some suggestions on how teachers teach the play in order to inculcate awareness among students of their responsibility in politics. Teachers have to stress on the importance of being a wise and smart citizen.
These are my implication and I will submit my second draft to my supervisor tomorrow.
First Draft*****
One word to describe it…Torturing~~~hahaha~~~feel quite stress when doing first draft because of my title… At first, I want to do a critic on the effect of politics on our education system but my supervisor advised me not to do it because it is not a very good idea. She suggested me to do on the implication of the novel in my future teaching.
The reason I choose to do on political theme of novel because I found that students nowadays are lack of the awareness towards politics including Me, myself. Why this happens? Are we a part of our beloved country?
This happens because students are not exposed to politics. Their school lives is study, study and study to get good results. Thus, I think Henrik Ibsen’s “Enemy of the people” is a good choice to inculcate political awareness among our students.
In a nutshell, I discover that project paper helps me to gain knowledge which I was never exposed before…It helps me to think in different perspectives
The reason I choose to do on political theme of novel because I found that students nowadays are lack of the awareness towards politics including Me, myself. Why this happens? Are we a part of our beloved country?
This happens because students are not exposed to politics. Their school lives is study, study and study to get good results. Thus, I think Henrik Ibsen’s “Enemy of the people” is a good choice to inculcate political awareness among our students.
In a nutshell, I discover that project paper helps me to gain knowledge which I was never exposed before…It helps me to think in different perspectives
PrEciOuS
Feel empathy towards her life…She was molested by her own father. Her mother does not show much love towards her. She was bullied by school boys; laughing at her…She is expelled from school when the school had discovered her second pregnancy (by her father). Her father is really disgusting. He acts like animal! He should be punished!!!!
Precious is arranged to attend an alternative school by her high school principle. Precious tries to escape from the traumatic experiences through imagining and fantasy. Deep in her heart, she hopes herself being love and appreciated by people especially her mother.
The teacher in the alternative school, Miss Blue Rain helps her to recognize words and improve her reading skills.
At the end of this movie, Precious decided to take care of her two children with one who is a Syndrome Down in a very young age. She appears to be a strong and determined girl when facing all the hardships that she may face in her future.
Precious is arranged to attend an alternative school by her high school principle. Precious tries to escape from the traumatic experiences through imagining and fantasy. Deep in her heart, she hopes herself being love and appreciated by people especially her mother.
The teacher in the alternative school, Miss Blue Rain helps her to recognize words and improve her reading skills.
At the end of this movie, Precious decided to take care of her two children with one who is a Syndrome Down in a very young age. She appears to be a strong and determined girl when facing all the hardships that she may face in her future.
Documentary~~~
Wow…Boring…Dull…But Useful~~~ We watched a documentary about few teachers share on how they manage their classes. It really provided me with some ideas on the real situation of teaching in schools. The documentary is in American context and the students are average in their studies and behaviors.
The first person introduced to us is a History teacher. He tries his best to involve the students in the teaching learning process. The teacher does not look confident in his teaching. Students will not show respect to teachers who are lack of self confidence. This reminds me to keep my confidence in my teaching.
The second person showed to us is a Physical Education (PE) teacher. She is a senior of the school. She is very committed to the school and she feels unsatisfied with the administration board. What impress me most is her mentions about the different behaviors of different person and she needs to put herself in their shoes to feel what they feel and to be tolerant. I agree with her statement. It reminds me that I will teach students with different learning styles and different levels of language proficiency.
The third teacher is portrayed as a teacher who loves to be famous. He gets very angry when he lost in the election for teacher of the year. He fails to control his emotion and kicks the table till it falls off. At the end, he realizes his own weaknesses and he decides to control his emotion.
Another person introduced is a lady who holds the position as an assistant principal. She faces much more pressures than other teachers. But she tries her best to cope with the problems faced by teachers when they come to her.
This documentary shows how three teachers and an assistant principle cope with their school lives. The problems they faced in school maybe the problem that I will face in my future teaching. It did provide me with ideas in coping with school lives.
The first person introduced to us is a History teacher. He tries his best to involve the students in the teaching learning process. The teacher does not look confident in his teaching. Students will not show respect to teachers who are lack of self confidence. This reminds me to keep my confidence in my teaching.
The second person showed to us is a Physical Education (PE) teacher. She is a senior of the school. She is very committed to the school and she feels unsatisfied with the administration board. What impress me most is her mentions about the different behaviors of different person and she needs to put herself in their shoes to feel what they feel and to be tolerant. I agree with her statement. It reminds me that I will teach students with different learning styles and different levels of language proficiency.
The third teacher is portrayed as a teacher who loves to be famous. He gets very angry when he lost in the election for teacher of the year. He fails to control his emotion and kicks the table till it falls off. At the end, he realizes his own weaknesses and he decides to control his emotion.
Another person introduced is a lady who holds the position as an assistant principal. She faces much more pressures than other teachers. But she tries her best to cope with the problems faced by teachers when they come to her.
This documentary shows how three teachers and an assistant principle cope with their school lives. The problems they faced in school maybe the problem that I will face in my future teaching. It did provide me with ideas in coping with school lives.
BoRiNG MoViE For Meee…..
‘Finding Forrester’ is a movie that shows a relationship between an intelligent black boy at the age of 16 with a famous writer. I dislike this movie because the storyline is dull and boring. The only part I enjoy is when the boy, Jamal participating in the basketball competition.
This movie does not inspire me much as the writer, William Forrester teaches the boy, Jamal outside the school.
Their relationship begins when Jamal sneaks into Wiliam Forrester’s home. However, he was chase away by William Forrester. Jamal left his bag at Forrester’s home. When he returns to retrieve his bag, he finds that all his essays were commented on. Jamal went to ask Mr. Forrester if he could help to improve his writing skills. William agrees to help Jamal by the condition that Jamal would keep William’s secret identity. Jamal agreed and they both become friends.
Errmmm…. I feel quite touch by their friendship. I found that teachers and students can be friends. Students will feel free to share their feeling if their teachers treat them as friends. For me, I think I will be my students’ friend outside the class in order to build up the relationship with them.
Overall, I discover that the movie contains moral values but the storyline is presented in a lengthy and dull way…
This movie does not inspire me much as the writer, William Forrester teaches the boy, Jamal outside the school.
Their relationship begins when Jamal sneaks into Wiliam Forrester’s home. However, he was chase away by William Forrester. Jamal left his bag at Forrester’s home. When he returns to retrieve his bag, he finds that all his essays were commented on. Jamal went to ask Mr. Forrester if he could help to improve his writing skills. William agrees to help Jamal by the condition that Jamal would keep William’s secret identity. Jamal agreed and they both become friends.
Errmmm…. I feel quite touch by their friendship. I found that teachers and students can be friends. Students will feel free to share their feeling if their teachers treat them as friends. For me, I think I will be my students’ friend outside the class in order to build up the relationship with them.
Overall, I discover that the movie contains moral values but the storyline is presented in a lengthy and dull way…
LeaN On ME
This is the fourth movie that we watch in our tutorial class. I love this movie most among all!!! It is so touching!! The school in the movie is facing the possibility of being taken over by the state as it has less-than-average basic skills test scores. Morgan Freeman acted as an arrogant and unorthodox principle who returns to the school after he left the school for twenty years. I love his character, Joe Clark so much. He is a devoted principal in managing the school administration board and the discipline of students! He is a real leader!!! He is so brave to fire all the students who sell drugs and have gangs. I feel glad that he is wise enough in handling the discipline problem in school while all the teachers are scared of the students. One teacher is beaten until bleeding when he tried to stop fighting between students.
Joe Clark is portrayed as a strict and tough principle. He strictly requests the teachers and students to obey his commands. He even punishes the teachers if they do not follow his orders. I think this is a good principle because if the teachers themselves cannot obey the rules and regulations, how are them going to request the students to listen to them? However, he shows true concerns to his students when they have problems. He counsels them patiently and helps them solve the problem.
For me, it is important for a teacher to be a role model for his students in order to educate them. This helps teachers to gain respect from students. Besides being the role model for students, teacher must show concern to their students always. Teacher must always be sensitive towards their students. They must try their best to find out the problem and help their students to solve the problem they face.
Eventually, Clark is successful but his unorthodox method leads to a clash with city official that threaten to undo all his efforts. He is arrested and the entire student body gathers at the Central Office of the Paterson Board of Education. The students want the authority to release Mr. Clark. Finally, Clark is released and the good news is the school achieves more-than-average basic skills tests scores.
Joe Clark is portrayed as a strict and tough principle. He strictly requests the teachers and students to obey his commands. He even punishes the teachers if they do not follow his orders. I think this is a good principle because if the teachers themselves cannot obey the rules and regulations, how are them going to request the students to listen to them? However, he shows true concerns to his students when they have problems. He counsels them patiently and helps them solve the problem.
For me, it is important for a teacher to be a role model for his students in order to educate them. This helps teachers to gain respect from students. Besides being the role model for students, teacher must show concern to their students always. Teacher must always be sensitive towards their students. They must try their best to find out the problem and help their students to solve the problem they face.
Eventually, Clark is successful but his unorthodox method leads to a clash with city official that threaten to undo all his efforts. He is arrested and the entire student body gathers at the Central Office of the Paterson Board of Education. The students want the authority to release Mr. Clark. Finally, Clark is released and the good news is the school achieves more-than-average basic skills tests scores.
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