The Ron Clark Story is a story full of enthusiasm! Why do I say so? Ron Clark was a teacher full of the self fulfilling proficiency machine. He is a very good example of a dedicated teacher. His patients I must say is deeper than the ocean and higher than the mountains. He is strict, humble, assertive, cunning, and full of love. I liked his idea of leaving elementary school and going forward towards adventure. His life in Inner Harlem Elementary School was a total disaster but he managed to change it into paradise. His teaching methods are all effective and captivating especially those with handling students.
He acts smart and deals almost all his challenges set by the students well. The way he builds the relationship with his students may seem easy but he really gave a detail understanding of his ways. Those students may seem harsh, rude and spoiled but that is the situation in certain schools in Malaysia. His rules like, “We are a family, No gums, line up for meals and nobody talks while I talk” seems like nothing but that’s where everything starts. He sets a rule for himself and makes sure the students follow them. While students follow these rules they are trained to behave themselves and to respect the teacher.
Ron uses the students own speciality to teach them. Those good with music learn with music. The way they understood and memorized history was tremendous. I should say many guys do not prefer to be teachers nowadays. I guess Ron Clark is the best example of a male teacher !!!! I hope to follow his steps when I become a teacher.
Friday, October 1, 2010
Arranged Marriage…..Thats a big QUESTION ???
As I have said earlier Dr. Jaya always makes us think, think and think. Things that he discusses sometimes looks mild but actually they carry a lot of weight. Marriage is not something that I’m into now but he forced us to think about that by giving us that as our title for our portion paper. “ I was praying hard that day in my heart that he will not cal my name to ask my opinion on arrange marriage” Marriage is something big and serious and not to be taken light. That day the lecture was full of laughter. Arranged marriage really became a hot topic for all of us. The Indians were highlighted in this matter because it is still practiced among them.
Many of my friends in my class were against arranged marriage because they were already in a relationship but there were a few who are still holding on this. I personally would go for arrange marriage because I fell our parents know the best. For instance, I personally would be glad if my mother chooses the “ MR. Right” for me. That is because she has been all the while with me and she knows me in and out and I will feel blessed because “ he” was my mother’s choice. Moreover, I have stong faith on her and she is lucky for me. I feel our parents have brought us up well and at this important time of our life we sometimes become selfish in standing for our choice and not giving them a chance to even say a word.
I’m not against love marriage but in this days too many love marriages are going into drains. I must be a little harsh because love alone does not make the marriage strong but trust, blessings from the elders and the understanding of the meaning of marriage carries more weight. I love to quate Cil Pa here, “ Marriage is not about I love you and you love me and oops we made monkeys. We have enough monkeys around and I don’t want my Teslions to produce monkeys !” what she says is 100% correct.
So, start thinking now itself, and when its time for your marriage you have made your mind and you know what you are doin.!!!!!!!!!!!!Good luck
Many of my friends in my class were against arranged marriage because they were already in a relationship but there were a few who are still holding on this. I personally would go for arrange marriage because I fell our parents know the best. For instance, I personally would be glad if my mother chooses the “ MR. Right” for me. That is because she has been all the while with me and she knows me in and out and I will feel blessed because “ he” was my mother’s choice. Moreover, I have stong faith on her and she is lucky for me. I feel our parents have brought us up well and at this important time of our life we sometimes become selfish in standing for our choice and not giving them a chance to even say a word.
I’m not against love marriage but in this days too many love marriages are going into drains. I must be a little harsh because love alone does not make the marriage strong but trust, blessings from the elders and the understanding of the meaning of marriage carries more weight. I love to quate Cil Pa here, “ Marriage is not about I love you and you love me and oops we made monkeys. We have enough monkeys around and I don’t want my Teslions to produce monkeys !” what she says is 100% correct.
So, start thinking now itself, and when its time for your marriage you have made your mind and you know what you are doin.!!!!!!!!!!!!Good luck
The day we became an artist and a cartoonist !!!!
Tutorials can be really boring and tiring but Dr. Jaya’s tutorials are always fun and exciting. The tutorial on 5th August 2010 was really a fun one. I think we proved that teachers are not only good in holding red pen and marking books but we can be cartoonist and create our own fables. As in the last lecture class we were told that we are supposed to come up with our own fable and this was the time to show our talent.
Things can be very intersting when few heads get together. Renuga the tecnologist is always equipped with the latest technology has makes our work easy.She took out her I pod and found examples of fables and gave us ideas on how to come up with our own crwactive fable. The cutest person Adel came up with the fish idea because that was the easiet thing that we could draw. And so all of us cracked our head and Naomi came up with the script ! “ Here we go with our fish Fable”
I was the artist. I started to draw and Adel helped me to colour and Renuga kept track of our work.This day was fun and relly tiring bacause we had to draw and come up with our summary of the arrange marriage. We were done and things turned our great. This tutorial brought all of us together because everyone was searching for markers and colours and asking help from people to draw. Indeed, the class became a fish Market !!! But we had FUN.
Things can be very intersting when few heads get together. Renuga the tecnologist is always equipped with the latest technology has makes our work easy.She took out her I pod and found examples of fables and gave us ideas on how to come up with our own crwactive fable. The cutest person Adel came up with the fish idea because that was the easiet thing that we could draw. And so all of us cracked our head and Naomi came up with the script ! “ Here we go with our fish Fable”
I was the artist. I started to draw and Adel helped me to colour and Renuga kept track of our work.This day was fun and relly tiring bacause we had to draw and come up with our summary of the arrange marriage. We were done and things turned our great. This tutorial brought all of us together because everyone was searching for markers and colours and asking help from people to draw. Indeed, the class became a fish Market !!! But we had FUN.
Fables…..
It was our Wednesday class so it’s time to meet Dr.Jaya. We always wait for this moment because he always has something nice for us. This time he came in and said today we will learn on fables so all of you please make sure that I don’t run away from the track. I smiled to myself and said, “ Dr.Jaya is going to teach today !”. The others also smiled because this is supposed to be a class full of general knowledge and fun but today it is turned to a serious one. Then be begun with the topic saying that today we were about to learn fables. Not even 5 minutes and he was talking about practicum. He is really a wonderful person. I’m not sure if anyone of us are worried of their practicum but he certainly is. He started all over again about our accommodation, teaching styles, attire, and behavior. This discussion went on till 3.45pm and then he realized he was out of topic and we all had a big laugh. In the left time he gave us a brief explanation of what is fables, examples and a task. “Oh God ! Another assignment I thought!” We were assigned with our portion paper.
Hmmm…NO matter how difficult we are suppose to do it. Everybody made noise as usual but he had his own way to console us and he always wins. Dr. Jaya has awesome persuading skill I must say. Anyway the topic was interesting too. We were told to come up with our own fables in our next tutorial. As usual fables were fabulous on that day !
Hmmm…NO matter how difficult we are suppose to do it. Everybody made noise as usual but he had his own way to console us and he always wins. Dr. Jaya has awesome persuading skill I must say. Anyway the topic was interesting too. We were told to come up with our own fables in our next tutorial. As usual fables were fabulous on that day !
Mona Lisa Smile….she made me smile !
We went to class as usual and sat at the back because we were just tired after a whole day of full tiring classes. Furthermore it’s our last class for the week and it’s time for me to go back home. I always wonder why we have to come so far just to watch these movies when we can watch them in our rooms. I was just too tired to even pay attention on what was on the screen. After a while the movie started with Julia Roberts story, and I was excited because she is my favorite. So I told myself maybe I should pay attention this time because she always makes the movie worthwhile watching.
I missed the title of the movie so I asked Renuga, and she said, “ Mona Lisa Smile”. “I immediately said to her she will make us smile I guess.” Through enough the movie was very nice and motivating. She looked different and brought the character so well. In 1953, a time when women's roles were rigidly defined, free-spirited, novice art history professor Katherine Watson begins teaching at the prestigious all-female Wellesley College--which despite its academic reputation, is an environment where success is measured by 'how well' the students marry.
This question really made me think. How people those days looked down upon women and they had such a scale to evaluate the young women. Her way of teaching and even dressing gave us an impact on what a teacher could do. The director made me think deeper as there was a love story in the middle. I told myself how difficult a women studies and makes changes to herself she is always looked down by certain guys. I liked her way of teaching the arrogant girl who played the role of the principal’s daughter. Julia also shows that sometimes it’s necessary to teach a lesson those who need them.
On the other hand, I was impressed that she taught the arrogant and spoilt girls a lesson through a subject like art. From this story I began to believe the saying “Pictures speaks thousand words”. In my opinion art has a very high ecstatic value that can be explored. In our school curriculum art is not given importance. I‘ve learned that art allows the students to express themselves and gives them confident. After the movie, all of us were talking and sharing our own views on the movie. Besides that, we had a chance to clear all our doubts on the movie to. Then I realise the reason why Dr. Jaya has this movie session. As I said, “She made me smile”.
I missed the title of the movie so I asked Renuga, and she said, “ Mona Lisa Smile”. “I immediately said to her she will make us smile I guess.” Through enough the movie was very nice and motivating. She looked different and brought the character so well. In 1953, a time when women's roles were rigidly defined, free-spirited, novice art history professor Katherine Watson begins teaching at the prestigious all-female Wellesley College--which despite its academic reputation, is an environment where success is measured by 'how well' the students marry.
This question really made me think. How people those days looked down upon women and they had such a scale to evaluate the young women. Her way of teaching and even dressing gave us an impact on what a teacher could do. The director made me think deeper as there was a love story in the middle. I told myself how difficult a women studies and makes changes to herself she is always looked down by certain guys. I liked her way of teaching the arrogant girl who played the role of the principal’s daughter. Julia also shows that sometimes it’s necessary to teach a lesson those who need them.
On the other hand, I was impressed that she taught the arrogant and spoilt girls a lesson through a subject like art. From this story I began to believe the saying “Pictures speaks thousand words”. In my opinion art has a very high ecstatic value that can be explored. In our school curriculum art is not given importance. I‘ve learned that art allows the students to express themselves and gives them confident. After the movie, all of us were talking and sharing our own views on the movie. Besides that, we had a chance to clear all our doubts on the movie to. Then I realise the reason why Dr. Jaya has this movie session. As I said, “She made me smile”.
Thursday, September 30, 2010
The big walk....
Another week full of surprise! I enjoy Dr. Jaya’s class for the variety that he provides us. It’s just not about sitting and listening to lecture but it’s about exploring and widening our knowledge and to experience the world. So, our journey this week was to “ Dewan Besar” to “ Pameran Reka Cipta dan Inovasi” Our whole class walked together to dewan besar and we explored the place. I was pleased to see all the research and findings that were placed for our view. We had a chance to view all the recent findings and all those innovative creatures that are full of passion and knowledge.
I was amazed of all their hard work and strength that they have put in to bring success to their project. I still remember the drowgames corner, the innovative chili grinder, the multipurpose ironing board, table, chair and even food. I thought for a second that they were really gifted people…. Hope I would be there some day!
I was amazed of all their hard work and strength that they have put in to bring success to their project. I still remember the drowgames corner, the innovative chili grinder, the multipurpose ironing board, table, chair and even food. I thought for a second that they were really gifted people…. Hope I would be there some day!
(http://drowgames.com/).....great amusement!
As the modern saying goes, “have a break, have a kit kat” at times when we are out of kit kat we can use drowgames to relax ourselves. Well I would say this because I experienced it on my own and felt my time was not wasted instead it made my day. I had a very rough and I felt very down yet I went to class as usual expecting things would be the same. We got in that day and Alicia announced that we are going to play a game! “ OH, I thought” So I started to play the game. I logged in started to play. After logging in I waited for a friend to play with me. It took a long time till I could play. My first partner was renuga. At first, I did not understand anything so the game was not exciting for me.
Half way playing my computer hanged and I could not continue to play. So I stood to watch how cheah was playing. I observed how he played and learned from him how to play as there was technique to be followed. Once I had a view of what the game was about I started to play and surprisingly I lost myself in the game. I found it interesting, fun and challenging too. To guess the answer in such a limited time was a thrilling experience….. On top of all that, I felt I had a real break! I think drowgames should be introduce in schools because it captivates the students interest and also helps them to build their vocabulary. Instead of normal practice and drills in school this would be a tremendous change for the teacher and the student. DR.Jaya, the game was a SUCESS!!!
Half way playing my computer hanged and I could not continue to play. So I stood to watch how cheah was playing. I observed how he played and learned from him how to play as there was technique to be followed. Once I had a view of what the game was about I started to play and surprisingly I lost myself in the game. I found it interesting, fun and challenging too. To guess the answer in such a limited time was a thrilling experience….. On top of all that, I felt I had a real break! I think drowgames should be introduce in schools because it captivates the students interest and also helps them to build their vocabulary. Instead of normal practice and drills in school this would be a tremendous change for the teacher and the student. DR.Jaya, the game was a SUCESS!!!
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