When I first walked into my second class on the first day of school I was very scared because you never know what to expect when you do. You always think to yourself, "I wonder who's in my class", or maybe "Is my teacher going to be nice and chill". And when I walked in I was nervous because I couldn't find a seat so I had to dig myself through filled seats and sit in the back. Once I sat down I was calm and I payed attention to Dr.Preston. He was very nice. Super chill. And I was very surprised because both my second and third period teachers cursed. I was surprised because I'm not used to teachers cursing. But it does give you a different perspective on teachers. Once I heard Dr.Preston curse I knew he wasn't going to treat us like kids. He was going to be realistic with us and wasn't gonna treat us differently based on the way we work. I knew he was gonna think of us as independent individuals and was gonna let us make our own choices. I was correct.
When Dr.Preston asked us how we wanted the class to run it was surprising. No teacher that I have had has ever given the students a choice as to what they think would work better for them. I think it's pretty cool that we had a choice in his class. Most of the time it's always the teacher that makes the decisions but this was not the case. It's nice to know that our opinions matter.
So far the work in this class has been very easy. The daily journals are very easy tasks and I've had no trouble with them. Memorizing poetry was tough because I can't memorize many things. And because I didn't memorize the poetry, I didn't record myself. I am a little disappointed that I didn't sacrifice a little bit of my time to try to memorize the poems and record myself. But I guess I could always make up for it by working very hard next semester. Which I do intend to.
The point when I felt most tension was when Dr. Preston announced that he was going to interview us in front of the class. I get really bad anxiety when I have to speak in front of multiple people. I don't know but something about being in front of many people staring at me and only hearing my voice gets me really scared. When it comes to things like this I tend to overthink. But thankfully the day I had my interview I showed up and I wasn't doubting myself. I got up and did my thing and I'm proud of myself. I thank god I was calm because there's nothing worse than being nervous and being in front of people.
When I don't do my work I feel really guilty so I always try to make up for it. Either it's turn in the work I didn't do or do something to replace the grade like extra credit. For this class I think I've done almost everything. So there's not much to make up for. Maybe I'm wrong I don't know. But I almost always turn in my work in time so I could stop worrying for it.
As a learner I have changed a lot. I have different perspectives and goals. In the beginning of August I wasn't so sure as to how I was going to succeed as a student. But I'm glad I got used to the class and to Dr. Preston. I'm glad I got to experience being in this class. It is awesome. I'm also very different because I'm very determined to having good grades. Which means no matter what subject I have to try really hard. And so far I'm doing very good and I'm proud of myself. Lastly I'm so much more different because I don't doubt myself anymore. All I tell myself is that as long as I try my best and do something I can do and accomplish what I want. And I'm glad Dr. Preston has the chance to see me change as a student.
When Dr.Preston asked us how we wanted the class to run it was surprising. No teacher that I have had has ever given the students a choice as to what they think would work better for them. I think it's pretty cool that we had a choice in his class. Most of the time it's always the teacher that makes the decisions but this was not the case. It's nice to know that our opinions matter.
So far the work in this class has been very easy. The daily journals are very easy tasks and I've had no trouble with them. Memorizing poetry was tough because I can't memorize many things. And because I didn't memorize the poetry, I didn't record myself. I am a little disappointed that I didn't sacrifice a little bit of my time to try to memorize the poems and record myself. But I guess I could always make up for it by working very hard next semester. Which I do intend to.
The point when I felt most tension was when Dr. Preston announced that he was going to interview us in front of the class. I get really bad anxiety when I have to speak in front of multiple people. I don't know but something about being in front of many people staring at me and only hearing my voice gets me really scared. When it comes to things like this I tend to overthink. But thankfully the day I had my interview I showed up and I wasn't doubting myself. I got up and did my thing and I'm proud of myself. I thank god I was calm because there's nothing worse than being nervous and being in front of people.
When I don't do my work I feel really guilty so I always try to make up for it. Either it's turn in the work I didn't do or do something to replace the grade like extra credit. For this class I think I've done almost everything. So there's not much to make up for. Maybe I'm wrong I don't know. But I almost always turn in my work in time so I could stop worrying for it.
As a learner I have changed a lot. I have different perspectives and goals. In the beginning of August I wasn't so sure as to how I was going to succeed as a student. But I'm glad I got used to the class and to Dr. Preston. I'm glad I got to experience being in this class. It is awesome. I'm also very different because I'm very determined to having good grades. Which means no matter what subject I have to try really hard. And so far I'm doing very good and I'm proud of myself. Lastly I'm so much more different because I don't doubt myself anymore. All I tell myself is that as long as I try my best and do something I can do and accomplish what I want. And I'm glad Dr. Preston has the chance to see me change as a student.
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