My Education Experience

By FormerStudentIntern - E-mail this page - Add to My Favorites - Add to Blog List - See other blogs in Journal

Thursday, January 14, 2010

What Language Do You Dream In?

Last entry about reconnecting with my old French teacher Mr. LaFleur reminded me of an interesting few moments with him. Mr. Lafleur's, who was born and raised in Benin, first languages are French and Yoruba. Along with learning English as a second language he learned Spanish, the latter of which he... Sign in to see full entry.

posted by FormerStudentIntern at 5:44 AM | add or view comments (6) | leave calling card | link to this | view only this entry

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Reconnecting with an Old Teacher

The best aspect of Facebook is that the website enables us to reconnect with people we have not seen or heard from in years. The most recent example I have of this would be reconnecting with Mr. Lafleur. Mr. Lafleur was my French teacher during my senior year of high school. He will go down as the... Sign in to see full entry.

posted by FormerStudentIntern at 4:42 AM | add or view comments (10) | leave calling card | link to this | view only this entry

Sunday, January 10, 2010

Literature Circles Part 2 - Experiences

This is a series of entries I am doing about the path I took towards becoming a teacher in college to where I ultimately decided not to become a teacher. The link to all the entries is at the bottom of this entry here. This is the twenty-seventh entry. Dr. Ida Drimburg selected our partners for our... Sign in to see full entry.

posted by FormerStudentIntern at 5:30 AM | add or view comments (5) | leave calling card | link to this | view only this entry

Thursday, January 7, 2010

Not Much of a Second Quarter

Schools that use divide a school year into four quarters are currently in the second quarter, which traditionally runs from November through January. There really is not much of a quarter to speak of in the United States. In fact, this quarter is shorter than the others. My teachers used to say that... Sign in to see full entry.

posted by FormerStudentIntern at 6:05 AM | add or view comments (7) | leave calling card | link to this | view only this entry

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

So Much in 2009

January - I enjoyed a wonderful football season as the Baltimore Ravens were one game short of going to the Super Bowl. I began a history seminar, which was supposed to be my final course before graduating. Unfortunately, depression with a minor reason of an intense workload at work led to me... Sign in to see full entry.

posted by FormerStudentIntern at 3:46 PM | add or view comments (2) | leave calling card | link to this | view only this entry

May 2025
SMTWTFS
27282930123
45678910
11121314151617
18192021222324
25262728293031
1234567
Apr | Newest | Jun
About this Blog

Me telling stories about past experiences, chronicling the present and my opinions on different issues in education today. Entries will appear on Tuesdays and Saturdays.

Recent Entries
People
Blogs

Headlines (What is this?)