This site is a class blog space for new Career and Technical Specializations and Heathcare Science teachers enrolled in the New Teacher Institute (NTI) at Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Frustration
I truly am appreciative of this summer session of NTI. Without it I'm not sure what kind of year I would be having. It was so helpful in helping me structure my Level 1 class, that it is almost in cruise control. I can't say the same for my level 2 classes. It seems that I have created an extremely arrogant bunch. They think they know everything, and still don't know nearly the capacity I want to teach them. Our goal's this year are simple. We will produce a regular news show. We got off to a rocky start and things are still rough. It seems they forgot everything we ever discussed. I see them making mistakes with videos that make me sit back and think "who taught these guys, because it certainly wasn't me?" I constantly find myself practically teaching them level 1 all over again. The funny thing is these guys were on fire last year, and they came back to me completely changed. I guess I'm gonna keep patching it up with short term band aides, until I can get a long term solution in place.
Hi, Hal - could it be the dreaded 'senioritis' that too often affects even our good students? Sometimes they need total immersion in something to really get the hang of it, and constant attention to detail until they get there! It is frustrating, but keep after them and they will eventually perform to your standards, as long as they know what they are. Lights, camera, action!
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