“Getting to Know You”
1. List your name, home address, telephone number, and email address. This is so I will be able to contact you out of school regarding assignments, etc.
You may always use misspesch@yahoo.com to contact me via assignments, etc.
2. What are your favorite subjects in school? What are your least favorite?
My favorite subjects in school were English (surprise!), social studies and history, languages, and music. Now that I’m out of school, I still like to read fiction and non-fiction, especially about the “social sciences” such as psychology and sociology. I enjoy literary theory (analyzing books from different perspectives) and rock music and opera quite a lot.
3. What are the reasons that you like or dislike your favorite and least favorite subjects? (This is a pretty subjective thing! For instance, I dislike math because I don’t think that I’m too good at it! If you’re not really sure that you have a reason, that’s fine.)
I never liked math and science, and I was never good at them. I think that is one of the reasons that I didn’t like them – I felt inferior since I struggled so much with them. I actually failed my first semester of math in my junior year! Sometimes I wish I was better at math, since some of the concepts seem kind of fun – it was pretty rare for me to enjoy a science lesson at all.
4. What do you do in your spare time (listen to music, play football, etc.)?
In my spare time, I plan lessons, email to friends and family, read books, listen to music, attend concerts and lectures, and spend time just wandering around Ohio University’s beautiful campus (I graduated from OU in 2001). Go Bobcats!
5. Why do you think that you enjoy these activities? Do you find that you most enjoy the things that you are good at?
I enjoy activities that allow me to interact with people or at least put me in an atmosphere in which people are interacting in a positive manner. For instance, I like to write lesson plans and emails in coffee houses, where there are a lot of people talking or just relaxing.
6. What are some books that you’ve read (in or outside of school) that you have enjoyed?
My favorite books are Vanity Fair, Wuthering Heights, Great Expectations, Gone with the Wind, and The Eight. I enjoy the Russian greats, but find them too intense to read on a daily basis. I also enjoy the Adrian Mole books by Sue Townsend, and books about teaching and school curriculum planning.
7. What are some books that you’ve read (in or outside of school) that you didn’t enjoy so much?
I didn’t really like Les Misérables. I thought that it was long, boring, and depressing. But, I was fifteen then, and that was thirteen years ago! Maybe I should pick it up again.
8. What are some books that have seemed interesting to you and that you’d enjoy reading?
I’ve been meaning to read more of John Cheever and John Irving.
9. What kind of music do you enjoy? What kind of musicians do you like?
I enjoy rock and opera. My favorite rock groups are the “holy trinity of British rock:” The Who, the Rolling Stones, and the Beatles. My favorite operas are by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Richard Wagner, and I favor some French operas as well. I seem to like film soundtracks quite a bit: lots of different artists and genres on a single disc!
10. What are some assignments or projects that you’ve done in school that you enjoyed?
I enjoyed writing essays about books or about historical figures. I really hated giving presentations in front of my classmates. I also enjoyed the choir concerts that we gave as our final exams, and I also sang solos and in ensembles in the Solo and Ensembles Contests, which were kind of like school projects.
11. How do you feel that you learn best (audio [hearing, listening], visual (seeing), tactile-kinesthetic [touching])?
I learn best by seeing. For me, seeing is about ten times more effective than the other modes of learning.
12. What are your goals for this academic year? What are your goals for your English course this year?
My goal for this year is to refine my teaching skills! To this end, I will work on planning truly effective and fun lessons, and relating to each of my students personally, though the sheer volume of my student roll (about 120 students) can be retrograde to this goal. A big focus for 10th grade teaching is the Ohio Graduation Test, and it’s my goal to help my students improve the skills they’ll need to pass this test, while keeping the lessons somewhat fun at the same time!
MP
1. List your name, home address, telephone number, and email address. This is so I will be able to contact you out of school regarding assignments, etc.
You may always use misspesch@yahoo.com to contact me via assignments, etc.
2. What are your favorite subjects in school? What are your least favorite?
My favorite subjects in school were English (surprise!), social studies and history, languages, and music. Now that I’m out of school, I still like to read fiction and non-fiction, especially about the “social sciences” such as psychology and sociology. I enjoy literary theory (analyzing books from different perspectives) and rock music and opera quite a lot.
3. What are the reasons that you like or dislike your favorite and least favorite subjects? (This is a pretty subjective thing! For instance, I dislike math because I don’t think that I’m too good at it! If you’re not really sure that you have a reason, that’s fine.)
I never liked math and science, and I was never good at them. I think that is one of the reasons that I didn’t like them – I felt inferior since I struggled so much with them. I actually failed my first semester of math in my junior year! Sometimes I wish I was better at math, since some of the concepts seem kind of fun – it was pretty rare for me to enjoy a science lesson at all.
4. What do you do in your spare time (listen to music, play football, etc.)?
In my spare time, I plan lessons, email to friends and family, read books, listen to music, attend concerts and lectures, and spend time just wandering around Ohio University’s beautiful campus (I graduated from OU in 2001). Go Bobcats!
5. Why do you think that you enjoy these activities? Do you find that you most enjoy the things that you are good at?
I enjoy activities that allow me to interact with people or at least put me in an atmosphere in which people are interacting in a positive manner. For instance, I like to write lesson plans and emails in coffee houses, where there are a lot of people talking or just relaxing.
6. What are some books that you’ve read (in or outside of school) that you have enjoyed?
My favorite books are Vanity Fair, Wuthering Heights, Great Expectations, Gone with the Wind, and The Eight. I enjoy the Russian greats, but find them too intense to read on a daily basis. I also enjoy the Adrian Mole books by Sue Townsend, and books about teaching and school curriculum planning.
7. What are some books that you’ve read (in or outside of school) that you didn’t enjoy so much?
I didn’t really like Les Misérables. I thought that it was long, boring, and depressing. But, I was fifteen then, and that was thirteen years ago! Maybe I should pick it up again.
8. What are some books that have seemed interesting to you and that you’d enjoy reading?
I’ve been meaning to read more of John Cheever and John Irving.
9. What kind of music do you enjoy? What kind of musicians do you like?
I enjoy rock and opera. My favorite rock groups are the “holy trinity of British rock:” The Who, the Rolling Stones, and the Beatles. My favorite operas are by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Richard Wagner, and I favor some French operas as well. I seem to like film soundtracks quite a bit: lots of different artists and genres on a single disc!
10. What are some assignments or projects that you’ve done in school that you enjoyed?
I enjoyed writing essays about books or about historical figures. I really hated giving presentations in front of my classmates. I also enjoyed the choir concerts that we gave as our final exams, and I also sang solos and in ensembles in the Solo and Ensembles Contests, which were kind of like school projects.
11. How do you feel that you learn best (audio [hearing, listening], visual (seeing), tactile-kinesthetic [touching])?
I learn best by seeing. For me, seeing is about ten times more effective than the other modes of learning.
12. What are your goals for this academic year? What are your goals for your English course this year?
My goal for this year is to refine my teaching skills! To this end, I will work on planning truly effective and fun lessons, and relating to each of my students personally, though the sheer volume of my student roll (about 120 students) can be retrograde to this goal. A big focus for 10th grade teaching is the Ohio Graduation Test, and it’s my goal to help my students improve the skills they’ll need to pass this test, while keeping the lessons somewhat fun at the same time!
MP
posted by Miss Pesch @ 4:50 PM
