Hello. Welcome.
Welcome. I hope you enjoy my blog.
I am a 23 years old. I live in the sometimes beautiful city of Van Nuys. My apartment is in a nice enough area to live, but a seedy enough area to be affordable. I was born and raised in Santa Clarita, and began my CSUN experience in 2002. After a year and a half of GE, I moved to Mammoth Lakes, California and started teaching preschool. While in Mammoth, I spent a lot of time reading books and just sitting around. After two years there, became motivated to attend college again. I am currently working as a bartender at a sushi restaurant a few nights a week. I enjoy alcohol much more than young children.
I am becoming a teacher because it seems to be the most logical profession for me. When it came time for me to consider careers, teaching was the only one that I could imagine myself doing long-term. After that was settled, I decided to couple this desire to teach with my love for English. I genuinely love everything academic and creative involving language.
I have become somewhat of a nerd in my relatively short life. Often times, “nerd” is used to describe people that are very interested in technology. In the classroom, I am sure that my interest in technology will be an asset. Knowing about technology may make me seem more in touch or hipper than my students’ other teachers. It will also allow me to remain organized and input grades quicker. There is no question that technology plays a much more important role in the classroom with each day. I am happy that this is being recognized by credentialing programs. I am prepared to update my software whenever it becomes necessary.
All the Best.
posted by ThePepeLucho @ 3:25 PM
4 Comments
4 Comments:
hey adam,
I'm not completely sure of your nerd traits. I mean sure nerds completely divulge themselves into their studies, have no social skills, are interested in technology to no end, but simply being a tech junkie does mean your a nerd.
Maybe you're more of a geek. Geeks are simply ones more interested in technology, video games, and other sorts of things that others would not give a lot of their time to. Also, geeks have more social skills that nerds. So I am not completely sure of your current status on the social scale but as of now I would say you're more of a geek than a nerd.
I wish I could find out which sushi restaurant you work at to try your long island iced tea. It just so happens to be one of favorites. It goes great with a well made unagi (freshwater eel) sushi.
Hey Adam. I also enjoy alcohol much more than younger children. I was also raised in Santa Clarita, and plan on leaving as soon as I have my credential.
As far as teaching goes, I totally agree that technology is going to play a large role in the classroom. I think that students today really expect it to be used and demand it when its not used. Since most, if not all, students today are computer literate, it would be a waste not to incorporate computers somehow into the lesson. And if the students aren't comfortable with the new technology, which will always be changing, I believe it's our job to teach them. I also think, however, that technology in classrooms can easily be abused and in some situations overshadow the lesson plan. The teacher has to be able to decipher when they are teaching and when they are just wasting time with arbitrary new technology.
Hello fellow "nerd,"
I hate sushi. I thought I'd tell you that first so we didn't start off this blog friendship under false pretenses. I also don't like alcohol much, so I'll probably never get a chance to visit the place you work. But still, I'm a nerd when it comes to technology as well. I even play computer games which makes me extra nerdy, like WoW. There's nothing at all wrong with that, and I think it is very important that as teachers we are able to tap into something that is so present in the lives of our students. I'm lucky in the respect that I've had a computer in my house since before I can remember, and have kept up with the changing technology pretty well (though I haven't graduated to a MAC yet. That's my next step!).
Anyways, glad to have you in two of my classes this semester. Good luck with everything!
Maureen
Hey Adam!
Wow, you actually taught preschoolers. CUTE! I wish I had the patience with kids like that.
I also feel that teaching is the only thing for me. I knew it ever since I had that one teacher in highschool. The one that sparked my attention towards English.
I wish I was a geek. Sometimes I think I force myself into it. But I imagine life would be so much better if one is innately a geek.
Well, I hope to see you in class. Talk to you later!
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