As the sun rises over our new city, it’s interesting to think that it is just setting on our old one. What will happen on this new day? Of all the things we have been given, time is a precious commodity that cannot be bought or recovered, so we hope to use it wisely.
After two days of classes with almost 100 students, it’s obvious that I get to face every teacher’s dilemma in duplicate. Not only do I have a group of students with varying technical capabilities, they also have a very broad distribution of English comprehension capability. This fact was brought home to me yesterday while walking across campus with a friend (after a lecture which I thought was particularly engaging). He asked what I thought about my classes and students, and then proceeded to tell me the reflections from two of his roomates (who are in my Tuesday class). It turns out that they didn’t really understand anything…
So, after my last class, I asked the students to rate their English comprehension of the lecture (using an anonymous voting method). The results confirmed the student’s small sample, indicating that I will have to split each class into an English lesson, followed by a business lesson. Should prove to be interesting.
I have to say, the picture with the sunrise… is very pretty in its own way.
You should continue to pick out your favorite pictures so you can make a memory book at the end of the year!
Your picture reminds me who is in charge. The bright one. Can’t imagine teaching and they don’t understand you. I know you will be interesting to watch so they will catch on…maybe you should have taken your banjo with you. They say music is the universal language.
Music might be a universal language, but I’d be afraid of what banjo music might be saying…