Blog #1

1. What are your favorite things to do when you aren't in school or doing homework?

 

I really enjoy being with my family.  I am with the youngest boy everyday after school, but the other ones are with my wife at her school where she teaches so I don't see them as much.  It is fun to have them around.  I really enjoy the warm weather months because I golf some when I can.  I do many things around the house when I am motivated to actually do them.

 

2. When have you been really proud of yourself? Please explain why you felt that way.

 

I felt really proud of myself after the first semester of being in the education program.  It was challenging, yet I was able to get on the Dean's List.  I had not been back to school for many years and it was fun to jump right in and learn about how I could be a teacher.

 

3. What are you really good at in school? How do you know?

 

I think I am really good at doing things in a group.  I seem to be a people person and I seem to also get along well with those who are learning the same thing as I am.  I am good with hands on, but I don't seem to be very good under pressure.

 

4. What background, talent, skill and interest do you have in each of these:

 

a) music- I have been in a church choir, and I do enjoy singing the parts I may know.

 

b) visual arts- I do not have any talents with this category.  I wish I was able to draw, but I have never been able to grasp the concept.

 

c) dance- My wife when we were dating almost left me because I was so horrible at dance.  I love to watch it, but I have no rhythm.

 

d) theater- In high school I was in musical productions and participated in some of the musicals and drama productions that were put on.  I had small parts and screwed even them up a couple of times.  I got too nervous.

 

5. What is hard for you? What makes it hard?

 

I think failure itself is hard for me.  I strive to be the best that I can be and aim for perfection.  It is difficult to see something slip through my fingers when it was at my grasp.  I have a difficult time remembering people's names.  I think there is a mental block creating a gap there in my mind.  I don't know why it is so difficult for me.

 

6. What is your favorite children's book, and why is it your favorite?

 

I think this is one thing I have had stripped from me in life.  I very seldom had a book read to me when I was young.  I do like fantasy very much.  I remember my grandfather reading Where the Wild Things Are to me when I was younger.  I have always liked it, still haven't seen the movie.

 

7. What is your favorite TV show, when you can spare the time to watch?

 

I really like to watch Castle on Mondays.  We usually don't have the time to watch it until Tuesday on Hulu, but I think the show is funny and witty.  It is fun to see the interaction between the writer and the detective.  They like each other, yet they don't want to admit it.  He is kind of like a child and I am a child at heart, so it hits home. 

 

8. What movie could you watch again and again?

 

Dumb and Dumber was a classic, but I think I may get sick of it after awhile.  I like The Lord of the Rings Trilogy.  I can sit and watch the battle for middle earth over and over again. 

 

9. What are some things you really care about?

 

I care about my family more than anything.  I care for my religion (LDS), I am glad I am where i am in my life even though it hasn't gone the way I would have wanted things to go.  I wish I cared for my body more than what I do, I want to lose about thirty pounds.  I am making arrangements to do so!

 

10. What will set you apart as a teacher?

 

I will be a teacher who cares, and wants my students to succeed.  they will all become my project as I try to facilitate learning within them.  I know I can teach them and help my students know the importance of learning.  I will make learning fun and engaging to all who enter my classroom.  I will show the people around me that learning can be obtained in many different ways for many different students.  I will rock as a teacher!

 

11. What else should I know about you as a person and a student that could help me be a better teacher? What would you like me to know about you that I haven't asked about?

 

I am ready for a challenge, I will attempt to be the best I can be and I will not give up.  I am an interactive person.  this sometimes makes it difficult for others to get a word in.  I like to comment and share my opinion.  I hope the class will not get sick of me raising my hand.  I would like to know if I teachers are ever going to be looked upon as a professional like the lawyers and doctors of the world.  I don't think people understand that teachers are the ones who teach those people, but are we appreciated enough?