Actually I'm not sure the blockmonster is the only or even the main reason I've not been writing recently. Maybe it's because I've been reading extra books (including a meditation manual so useful I read it twice in as many weeks) and focusing my writing into feedback on student blog posts...But deeper down, the problem these days is that I bore myself. Beating dead horses gets old.Yes, beating dead horses really does get old; Its a tiring experience.
While reading Mr. Sutherland's blog, I feel like he has not only slowly stopped writing blogs because of reading or comments on students post, but it is only because he is in a new school atmosphere. Mr. Sutherland told us that he use to teach at Alameda High, they have about 2,000 students there. Realizing that he came from a large school to a school that has at least 160 students can be a little challenging to adapt too. So iI assume he is not only doing thing he said above, but also noticing and learning how to teach and get use to his new school.
Knowing he is a teacher, I have not adequately envisioned how challenging it is for a teacher to accustom to their teaching and learning environment. Even though they are teachers, and as students we assume they are capable to accommodate easily, i believe it is the other way around. This is because, as a new teacher, you need welcome yourself to the students, learn rule of school, welcome yourself to the other teachers, and to establish your own rules, assignments, and grading structure. Laying out a teachers expectations seems ambitious and outstanding. Students do not realize how much work it takes to begin classes and developing new lessons everyday. Seems overwhelming.
In conclusion, I see Mr. Sutherland has a determined teacher. He is deriving new knowledge from a school that is much smaller than he's used to. Again, He came from a school that has 2,000 students to a school that is almost 200. I believe he will make it and become an excellent teacher, (even though he already is)!
Wow! Thank you so much for this...You have made my entire week--month--year!
ReplyDeleteAhem...cough cough. What do you mean by "deriving" here? Deriving means, "getting something out of something else," like deriving the answer to a riddle from the question it poses. So you could say something like, "He is deriving new knowledge from a school that is much smaller than he's used to," which would be a most true statement.
Thanks again. You are most kind.
OKay thank you!
ReplyDeleteOn thesaurus.com it says derving also means: to deduce a conclusion or come into being; proceed.
ReplyDeleteThey gave example, such as: begin, commence, spring, start.
So i though derive was another word form from the above.
Anyways...i changed my sentence to the one you provided.